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Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and creeping into it, as that does which at last eats out the very heart and substance of the metal.

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A good inclination is but the first rude draught of virtue, but the finishing strokes are from the will, which, if well disposed, will by degrees perfect it, as if all disposed will quickly deface it.

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The Scripture vouches Solomon for the wisest of men; and his proverbs prove him so, The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame each of them by a single sentence, consisting of two or three words.

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No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other's worth

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It is with words as with sunbeams. The more they are condenced, the deeper they burn.

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Were there but one virtuous man in the world, he would hold up his head with confidence and honor; he would shame the world, and not the world him.

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To a resolute mind, wishing to do is the first step toward doing. But if we do not wish to do a thing it becomes impossible.

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Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men, whereby to communicate their mind but to wise men, whereby to conceal it.

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It is not for man to rest in absolute contentment. He is born to hopes and aspirations as the sparks fly upward, unless he has brutified his nature and quenched the spirit of immortality which is his portion.

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How little do they see what really is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which seems.

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If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives.

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Not Solomon, for all his wit, Nor Samson, though he were so strong,...

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Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live; Not where I love, but where I am, I die.

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'Remember, man, that thou art dust!' But yet, alas, but seldom I Do think indeed that I must die . . .

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grant me grace, O god, that I My life may mend, sith I must die.

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Love's boat has been shattered against the life of everyday. You and I are quits, and it's useless to draw up a list of mutual hurts, sorrows, and pains.

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Surely Shakespeare is wicked, the map a bad example With ships and sun and love tempting them to steal—

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History is the ship carrying living memories to the future.

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Consider his life which was valueless In terms of employment, hotel ledgers, news files....

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I think of those who were truly great. The names of those who in their lives fought for life, Who wore at their hearts the fire's center.

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