"It's better to swim in the sea below Than to swing in the air and feed the crow, Says jolly Ned Teach of Bristol."
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"Fond pride of dress is sure a very curse"
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"Whenever we attempt to mend the scheme of Providence and to interfere in the Government of the world, we had need be very circumspect lest we do more harm than good."
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"Some books we read, tho' few there are that hit the happy point where wisdom joins with wit."
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"Remember, that money is of the prolific, generating nature."
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"Evils come not, then our fears are vain; And if they do fear but augments the pain."
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"Have you something to do to-morrow; do it to-day."
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"A father's a treasure; a brother's a comfort; a friend is both."
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"Those renowned generals [Alexander and Caesar] received more faithful service, and performed greater actions by means of the love their soldiers bore them, than they could possibly have done, if instead of being beloved and respected they had been hated and feared by those they commanded."
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"I grew convinced that truth, sincerity and integrity in dealings between man and man were of the utmost importance to the felicity of life, and I formed written resolutions . . . to practice them ever while I lived."
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"We have no poor houses in the Colonies, and if we had, we would have no one to put in them, as in the Colonies there is not a single unemployed man, no poor and no vagabonds."
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"He who will not be counseled cannot be helped."
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"Perhaps I was too saucy and provoking."
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"A little Religion, and a little Honesty, goes a great way in Courts."
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"The English love an insult. It's their only test of a man's sincerity."
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"Take courage, Mortal... Death cannot banish you from the Universe."
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"Pity and forbearance should characterize all acts of justice."
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"Wealth and Content are not always Bed-fellows."
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"Time eateth all things, could old poets say, The times are chang'd, our times drink all away."
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"Fish & Visitors stink in 3 days."
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