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"A man should be upright, not be kept upright."
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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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"There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do."
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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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"If a man has nothing to eat, fasting is the most intelligent thing he can do."
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"Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude."
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"The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe."
Family
"I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more."
Man
"The miracle on earth are the laws of heaven."
Earth
"Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it."
Reading
"God is an unutterable sigh, planted in the depths of the soul."
God
"Every friend is to the other a sun, and a sunflower also. He attracts and follows."
Friendship
"It is simpler and easier to flatter people than to praise them."
People
"Men, like bullets, go farthest when they are smoothest."
Man
"Like a morning dream, life becomes more and more bright the longer we live, and the reason of everything appears more clear. What has puzzled us before seems less mysterious, and the crooked paths look straighter as we approach the end."
Life
"There are souls which fall from heaven like flowers, but ere they bloom are crushed under the foul tread of some brutal hoof."
Flowers
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