Quotes
Quotes to inspire and reflect
Sweet are the uses of adversity, which, like a toad, though ugly and venomous, wears yet a precious jewel in its head.
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The appearance of right of leads us wrong.
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I will not add another word.
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Faults are soon copied.
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The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the old man who will not laugh is a fool.
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The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts, therefore guard accordingly; and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue, and reasonable nature.
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See first that the design is wise and just: that ascertained, pursue it resolutely; do not for one repulse forego the purpose that you resolved to effect.
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Work and struggle and never accept an evil that you can change.
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Our repentance is not so much regret for the ill we have done as fear of the ill that may happen to us in consequence.
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In everything one must consider the end.
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Jealousy feeds upon suspicion, and it turns into fury or it ends as soon as we pass from suspicion to certainty.
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If we had no faults of our own, we would not take so much pleasure in noticing those of others.
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It is the act of a madman to pursue impossibilities.
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I do not distinguish by the eye, but by the mind, which is the proper judge.
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Self-discipline is that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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Let us take things as we find them: let us not attempt to distort them into what they are not. We cannot make facts. All our wishing cannot change them. We must use them.
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The strictest law often causes the most serious wrong.
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A life of peace, purity, and refinement leads to a calm and untroubled old age.
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Liberty is rendered even more precious by the recollection of servitude.
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Our thoughts are free.
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Thought is the fountain of speech.
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It is a great thing to know our vices.
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Strain every nerve to gain your point.
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Strong reasons make strong actions.
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Our span of life is brief, but is long enough for us to live well and honestly.
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No one can speak well, unless he thoroughly understands his subject.
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It is a true saying that "One falsehood leads easily to another".
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Nature herself makes the wise man rich.
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As the old proverb says "Like readily consorts with like.
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I will go further, and assert that nature without culture can often do more to deserve praise than culture without nature.
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Art is born of the observation and investigation of nature.
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All action is of the mind and the mirror of the mind is the face, its index the eyes.
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The most profound joy has more of gravity than of gaiety in it.
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A mind without instruction can no more bear fruit than can a field, however fertile, without cultivation.
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We must not say every mistake is a foolish one.
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What we call pleasure, and rightly so is the absence of all pain.
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We do not destroy religion by destroying superstition.
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To be content with what one has is the greatest and truest of riches.
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There is no duty more obligatory than the repayment of kindness.
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The first duty of a man is the seeking after and the investigation of truth.
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The absolute good is not a matter of opinion but of nature.
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The evil implanted in man by nature spreads so imperceptibly, when the habit of wrong-doing is unchecked, that he himself can set no limit to his shamelessness.
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Such praise coming from so degraded a source, was degrading to me, its recipient.
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Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of - for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
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Deep-seated are the wounds dealt in civil brawls.
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A show of daring oft conceals great fear.
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Remember what is unbecoming to do is also unbecoming to speak of.
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A crime which is the crime of many none avenge.
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