"Adversity is the state in which man mostly easily becomes acquainted with..."
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"All wonder is the effect of novelty on ignorance...."
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"Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display..."
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"As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the..."
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"Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a..."
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"Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye...."
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"Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man..."
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"Genius is that energy which collects, combines, amplifies, and animates...."
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"I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has..."
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"I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do..."
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"If I have said something to hurt a man once, I shall not get the better of..."
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"It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of..."
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"Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we..."
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"Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of..."
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"One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for..."
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"Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God...."
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"Sorrow is a kind of rust of the soul, which every new idea contributes in..."
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"That fellow seems to me to possess but one idea, and that is a wrong one...."
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"The applause of a single human being is of great consequence...."
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"There are innumerable questions to which the inquisitive mind can in this..."
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"There is nothing too little for so little a creature as man. It is by..."
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"There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as..."
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"To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly...."
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"To let friendship die away by negligence and silence is certainly not wise...."
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"When people find a man of the most distinguished abilities as a writer..."
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