"When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad."

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"Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with."

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"Pain is as diverse as man. One suffers as one can."

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"Men become accustomed to poison by degrees."

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"Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist legacy of Columbus but affirm dimensions of that legacy by their refusal to repudiate patriarchy?"

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"Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice."

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"There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men."

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"It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend."

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"Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with."

"A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter."

"Pain is as diverse as man. One suffers as one can."

"Men become accustomed to poison by degrees."

"Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist legacy of Columbus but affirm dimensions of that legacy by their refusal to repudiate patriarchy?"

"Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice."

"There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices."

"There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men."

"It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend."

"There is nothing men are so generous of as advice."

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"Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it."

"When the state is most corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied."

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"The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise."

"Reason and judgment are the qualities of a leader."

"It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt."

"Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor."