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"In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it."
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"Let no such man be trusted."
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"We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members."
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"Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution."
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"Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts."
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"A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery."
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"Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude."
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"A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good."
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"In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary."
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"Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be."
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"For age is opportunity no less Than youth itself, though in another dress, And as the evening twilight fades away The sky is filled with stars, invisible by day."
Age

"Be noble in every thought And in every deed!"
Morality

"Sweet as the tender fragrance that survives,When martyred flowers breathe out their little lives,Sweet as a song that once consoled our pain,But never will be sung to us again,Is they remembrance. Now the hour of restHath come to thee. Sleep, darling: it is best."
Poetry

"Simplicity in character, in manners, in style; in all things the supreme excellence is simplicity."
Character

"A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books."
Books

"It takes less time to do a thing right, than it does to explain why you did it wrong."
Time

"The nearer the dawn the darker the night."
Life

"Ships that pass in the night, and speak each other in passing, only a signal shown, and a distant voice in the darkness; So on the ocean of life, we pass and speak one another, only a look and a voice, then darkness again and a silence."
Life

"The love of learning, the sequestered nooks, And all the sweet serenity of books."
Love

"It is foolish to pretend that one is fully recovered from a disappointed passion. Such wounds always leave a scar."
Passion
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