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I am about Courting a Girl I have had but little Acquaintance with; how shall I come to a Knowledge of her Fawlts? and whether she has the Virtues I imagine she has?

The New Yale Book of Quotations

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The Body of B. Franklin, Printer; like the Cover of an old Book, its Contents torn out, and stript of its Lettering and Gilding, lies here, Food for Worms. But the Work shall not be wholly lost: for it will, as he believ’d, appear once more, in a new & more perfect Edition, corrected and amended by the Author.

The New Yale Book of Quotations

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The heart of a fool is in his mouth, but the mouth of a wise man is in his heart.
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A fat kitchen, a lean will.
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Is there anything men take more pains about than to render themselves unhappy?
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When you speak to a man, look on his eyes; when he speaks to you, look on his mouth.
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Pride is said to be the last vice the good man gets clear of.
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Pride that dines on vanity sups on contempt.
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Praise to the undeserving is severe satire.
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Would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason.
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