"Many have quarreled about religion that never practice it."
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"Speak with contempt of none, from slave to king, The meanest Bee hath, and will use, a sting."
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"Success has ruined many a man."
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"Blame-all and Praise-all are two blockheads."
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"Men take more pains to mask than mend."
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"Teach your child to hold his tongue; he'll learn fast enough to speak."
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"Let honesty and industry be thy constant companions, and spend one penny less than thy clear gains; then shall thy pocket begin to thrive; creditors will not insult, nor want oppress, nor hungerness bite, nor nakedness freeze thee"
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"Fear to do ill, and you need fear else."
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"The poor man must walk to get meat for his stomach, the rich man to get a stomach to his meat."
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"A full Belly makes a dull Brain: The Muses starve in a Cook's Shop."
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"Those who would trade in their freedom for their protection deserve neither."
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"He that drinks fast, pays slow."
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"In prosperous fortunes be modest and wise, The greatest may fall, and the lowest may rise: But insolent People that fall in disgrace, Are wretched and nobody pities their Case."
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"Chess is so interesting in itself, as not to need the view of gain to induce engaging in it; and thence it is never played for money"
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"The two most beautiful sights I have witnessed in my life are a full blown ship at sail and the round-bellied pregnant female."
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"I think opinions should be judged by their influences and effects; and if a man holds none that tend to make him less virtuous or more vicious, it may be concluded that he holds none that are dangerous, which I hope is the case with me."
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"Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee."
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"Take counsel in wine, but resolve afterwards in water."
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"Here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason."
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"We are not so sensible of the greatest Health as of the least Sickness."
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