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Francis Quarles

"It is the lot of man but once to die."

Francis Quarles, English Poet
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"It is the lot of man but once to die."

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"It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one."

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"Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die."

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"Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable."

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"All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God."

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"Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist
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"If there existed no external means for dimming their consciences, one-half of the men would at once shoot themselves, because to live contrary to one's reason is a most intolerable state, and all men of our time are in such a state."

Leo Tolstoy, Russian Novelist
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"A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher
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"Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom."

George MacDonald, Scottish Novelist
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"It matters little where a man may be at this moment; the point is whether he is growing."

George MacDonald, Scottish Novelist
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"Out of timber so crooked as that from which man is made nothing entirely straight can be carved."

Immanuel Kant, German Philosopher
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"Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat; it is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived."
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"Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains."
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"Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is hatred, the continuance of hatred turns malice."
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"The sufficiency of merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient."
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"Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger."
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"Put off thy cares with thy clothes; so shall thy rest strengthen thy labor, and so thy labor sweeten thy rest."
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"Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, and the longer kept. Abused patience turns to fury."
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"Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word "satiety.""
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"The heart is a small thing, but desireth great matters. It is not sufficient for a kite's dinner, yet the whole world is not sufficient for it."
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