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All the arguments which are brought to represent poverty as no evil show it evidently to be a great evil.
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All the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance; it is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united with canals.
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Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.
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Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.
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Actions are visible, though motives are secret.
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Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult.
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A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him.
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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A second marriage is the triumph of hope over experience
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A man who has not been in Italy, is always conscious of an inferiority.
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A man, Sir, should keep his friendship in constant repair
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A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself
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A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.
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A man ought to read just as inclination leads him for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
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A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him.
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A lawyer has no business with the justice or injustice of the cause which he undertakes, unless his client asks his opinion, and then he is bound to give it honestly. The justice or injustice of the cause is to be decided by the judge.
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A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse, and make him wince; but one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still
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A Frenchman must always be talking, whether or not he knows anything of the matter or not; an Englishman is content to say nothing when he has nothing to say.
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A fishing rod is a stick with a hook at one end and a fool at the other.
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A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is but an insect, and the other is a horse still.
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A cucumber should be well-sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.
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A cucumber whould be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and viniger, and then thrown out, as good for nothing.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization
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From the middle of life onward, only he remains vitally alive who is ready to die with life.
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A am a great friend of public amusements, they keep people from vice.
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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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