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Be an opener of doors.

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Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

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A man in debt is so far a slave.

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The years teach much which the days never knew.

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Intellect annuls Fate. So far as a man thinks, he is free.

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The believing we do something when we do nothing is the first illusion of tobacco.

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The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.

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Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

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Love of beauty is taste. The creation of beauty is art.

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I like the silent church before the service begins, better than any preaching.

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A friend may well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.

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Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.

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Good men must not obey the laws too well.

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No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.

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The sum of wisdom is that time is never lost that is devoted to work.

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Fine manners need the support of fine manners in others.

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The sky is the daily bread of the eyes.

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Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.

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The real and lasting victories are those of peace, and not of war.

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Washington, where an insignificant individual may trespass on a nation's time.

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