"All places are filled with fools. [Lat., Stultorum plenea sunt omnia.]"
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"If anyone cannot feel the power of God when he looks upon the stars, then I doubt whether he is capable of feeling at all. From the enduring wonder of the heavens flows all grace and power. If anyone thinks it is mindless then he himself must be out of his mind."
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"All great men are partially inspired."
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"I prefer the wisdom of the uneducated to the folly of the loquacious."
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"When money is unreasonably coveted, it is a disease of the mind which is called avarice."
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"We should never so entirely avoid danger as to appear irresolute and cowardly; but, at the same time, we should avoid unnecessarily exposing ourselves to danger, than which nothing can be more foolish."
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"Let the punishment be proportionate to the offense."
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"Our generosity never should exceed our abilities."
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"Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind."
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"Our minds possess by nature an insatiable desire to know the truth."
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"A man's own manner and character is what most becomes him."
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"Nature has planted in our minds an insatiable longing to see the truth."
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"Orators are most vehement when they have the weakest cause, as men get on horseback when they cannot walk."
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"It shows a weak mind not to bear prosperity as well as adversity with moderation."
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"Laws are inoperative in war"
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"No one is so old that he does not think he could live another year."
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"Never injure a friend, even in jest."
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"I shall always consider the best guesser the best prophet."
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"All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief."
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"Prudence is the knowledge of things to be sought, and those to be shunned."
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