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Nor aught availed him now to have built in heaven high towers; nor did he scrape by all his engines, but was headlong sent with his industrious crew to build in hell.

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When the waves are round me breaking,As I pace the deck alone,And my eye in vain is seekingSome green leaf to rest uponWhat would not I give to wanderWhere my old companions dwellAbsence makes the heart grow fonder,Isle of Beauty, fare thee well

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Thou canst not touch the freedom of my mind.

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Good, the more communicated, more abundant grows.

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There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either.

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The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.

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The only end of writing is to enable readers better to enjoy life or better to endue it.

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Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value only to its scarcity.

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Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.

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Truth, Sir, is a cow, which will yield such people no more milk, and so they are gone to milk the bull.

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Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others.

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Extended empires are like expanded gold, exchanging solid strength for feeble splendor.

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Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.

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Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.

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Subordination tends greatly to human happiness. Were we all upon an equality, we should have no other enjoyment than mere animal pleasure.

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It is better to live rich than to die rich.

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He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage.

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Prepare for death, if here at night you roam, and sign your will before you sup from home.

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Wine gives a man nothing... it only puts in motion what had been locked up in frost.

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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.

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