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He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father’s wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father’s care.
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Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.
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Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those that offer it: For Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers.
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Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.
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Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.
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For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.
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Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.
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The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune.
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Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.
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In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.
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In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.
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Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.
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In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.
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Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns.
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Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.
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Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.
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The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.
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True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.
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Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
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Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.