"Dangerous, therefore, is it to take shelter under a tree, during a thunder-gust. It has been fatal to many, both men and beasts."
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"Time is the stuff life is made of."
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"Historians relate not so much what is done as what they would have believed."
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"My father's little library consisted chiefly of books in polemic divinity, most of which I read, and have since often regretted that, at a time when I had such a thirst for knowledge, more proper books had not fallen in my way since it was now resolved I should not be a clergyman."
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"Our necessities never equal our wants."
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"I believe that Man is not the most perfect Being but One, rather that as there are many Degrees of Beings his Inferiors, so there are many Degrees of Beings superior to him."
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"To all apparent beauties blind, each blemish strikes an envious mind."
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"Do good to thy friend to keep him, to thy enemy to gain him."
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"Venison and venery defeated me."
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"I wish to live without committing any fault at any time."
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"He that sows Thorns, should never go barefoot."
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"No man ever was glorious, who was not laborious."
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"I have never seen the Philosopher's Stone that turns lead into Gold, but I have known the pursuit of it turn a Man's Gold into Lead."
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"When Knaves betray each other, one can scarce be blamed or the other pitied."
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"If you ride a horse, sit close and tight, if you ride a man, sit easy and light."
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"Now I've a sheep and a cow, every body bids me good morrow."
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"The only time not wasted is wasted time."
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"Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. At least, you will by such conduct, stand the best chance for such consequences."
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"As sore places meet most rubs, proud folks meet most affronts."
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"Saying and Doing, have quarrel'd and parted."
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