"If a man be gracious and courteous to strangers, it shows he is a citizen of the world."
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"Some men covet knowledge out of a natural curiosity and inquisitive temper; some to entertain the mind with variety and delight; some for ornament and reputation; some for victory and contention; many for lucre and a livelihood; and but few for employing the Divine gift of reason to the use and benefit of mankind."
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"Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper."
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"the serpent if it wants to become the dragon must eat itself."
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"Wonder is the seed of knowledge"
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"The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses."
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"Nothing opens the heart like a true friend, to whom you may impart griefs, joys, fears, hopes...and whatever lies upon the heart."
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"If money be not thy servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to possess wealth, as that may be said to possess him."
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"In taking revenge, a man is but even with his enemy; but in passing it over, he is superior."
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"Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul."
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"God loveth the clean."
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"The colors that show best by candlelight are white, carnation, and a kind of sea-water green."
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"We cannot command Nature except by obeying her."
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"A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green."
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"People usually think according to their inclinations, speak according to their learning and ingrained opinions, but generally act according to custom."
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"The subtlety of nature is greater many times over than the subtlety of the senses and understanding."
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"A bachelor's life is a fine breakfast, a flat lunch, and a miserable dinner."
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"They are ill discoverers that think there is no land, when they can see nothing but sea."
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"Laws and Institutions Must Go Hand in Hand with the Progress of the Human Mind."
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"It's not what we eat but what we digest that makes us strong; not what we gain but what we save that makes us rich; not what we read but what we remember that makes us learned; and not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity."
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