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"Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue."
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"Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away."
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"Men exist for the sake of one another."
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"When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land."
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"A man should be upright, not be kept upright."
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"There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them."
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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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"I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just."
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"When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind."
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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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"Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few."
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"Philosophy would render us entirely Pyrrhonian, were not nature too strong for it."
Nature
"There is not to be found, in all history, any miracle attested by a sufficient number of men, of such unquestioned good sense, education and learning, as to secure us against all delusion in themselves."
Education
"Custom is the great guide to human life."
Life
"A propensity to hope and joy is real riches; one to fear and sorrow real poverty."
Fear
"Generally speaking, the errors in religion are dangerous; those in philosophy only ridiculous."
Religion
"Nothing endears so much a friend as sorrow for his death. The pleasure of his company has not so powerful an influence."
Friendship
"Scholastic learning and polemical divinity retarded the growth of all true knowledge."
Knowledge
"The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster."
Life
"Beauty, whether moral or natural, is felt, more properly than perceived."
Beauty
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