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The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it.

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Meditation is the life of the soul: Action, the soul of meditation; and honor the reward of action.

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Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

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Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest.

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The average person's ear weighs what you are, not what you were.

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And he repents in thorns that sleeps in beds of roses.

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Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury.

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My mind's my kingdom.

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Wickedness is its own punishment.

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If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.

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Be wisely worldly, but not worldly wise.

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Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.

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No cross no crown.

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Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains.

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I wish thee as much pleasure in the reading, as I had in the writing.

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Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor.

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Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue.

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Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester.

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Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is hatred, the continuance of hatred turns malice.

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After the turbulence of death, moral principles and even religious proofs are called into question.

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