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We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed.

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Memory is the treasure house of the mind wherein the monuments thereof are kept and preserved.

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Bacchus hath drowned more men than Neptune.

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Prayer: the key of the day and the lock of the night.

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Better be alone than in bad company.

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He that falls into sin is a man; that grieves at it, is a saint; that boasteth of it, is a devil.

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Today is yesterday's pupil.

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He is not poor that hath not much, but he that craves much.

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Vows made in storms are forgotten in calm.

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Care and diligence bring luck.

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If thou art a master, be sometimes blind; if a servant, sometimes deaf.

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There is a set of religious, or rather moral, writings which teach that virtue is the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery in this world. A very wholesome and comfortable doctrine, and to which we have but one objection, namely, that it is not true.

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Children are excellent observers, and will often perceive your slightest defects. In general, those who govern children, forgive nothing in them, but everything in themselves.

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Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.

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A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect.

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If we were faultless we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of those with whom we associate.

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Genuine good taste consists in saying much in few words, in choosing among our thoughts, in having order and arrangement in what we say, and in speaking with composure.

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All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.

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Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half.

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All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.

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