"He that lays down precepts for the governing of our lives, and moderating our passions, obliges humanity not only in the present, but in all future generations."
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"Anger is like a ruin, which, in falling upon its victim, breaks itself to pieces."
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"The origin of all mankind was the same; it is only a clear and good conscience that makes a man noble, for that is derived from heaven itself."
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"No man is nobler born than another, unless he is born with better abilities and a more amiable disposition. They who make such a parade with their family pictures and pedigrees, are, properly speaking, rather to be called noted or notorious than noble persons. I thought it right to say this much, in order to repel the insolence of men who depend entirely upon chance and accidental circumstances for distinction, and not at all on public services and personal merit."
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"A great step towards independence is a good-humored stomach, one that is willing to endure rough treatment."
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"The first petition that we are to make to Almighty God is for a good conscience, the next for health of mind, and then of body."
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"Everything in art is but a copy of nature."
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"Death falls heavily on that man who, known too well to others, dies in ignorance of himself."
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"The most imperious masters over their own servants are at the same time the most abject slaves to the servants of others."
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"Truth will never be tedious unto him that travelleth in the secrets of nature; there is nothing but falsehood that glutteth us."
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"Trifling trouble find utterance; deeply felt pangs are silent."
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"Religion worships God, while superstition profanes that worship."
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"Let the weary at length possess quiet rest."
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"The miserable are sacred."
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"The way to wickedness is always through wickedness."
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"The most happy ought to wish for death."
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"Death is the wish of some, the relief of many, and the end of all. It sets the slave at liberty, carries the banished man home, and places all mortals on the same level, insomuch that life itself were a punishment without it."
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"To give and to lose is nothing; but to lose and to give still is the part of a great mind."
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"That comes too late that comes for the asking."
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"All I desire is, that my poverty may not be a burden to myself, or make me so to others; and that is the best state of fortune that is neither directly necessitous nor far from it. A mediocrity of fortune, with gentleness of mind, will preserve us from fear or envy; which is a desirable condition; for no man wants power to do mischief."
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