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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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Personal Development
"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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"A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good."
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"Everyone carries his own inch rule of taste, and amuses himself by applying it, triumphantly, wherever he travels."
Taste
"American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it."
Society
"Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man."
Nature
"The proper study of mankind is woman."
Mankind
"The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved. One can trust nobody and nothing."
Trust
"Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts."
Education
"All experience is an arch, to build upon."
Experience
"Only on the edge of the grave can man conclude anything."
Conclusion
"Morality is a private and costly luxury."
Morality
"One friend in a lifetime is much, two are many, three are hardly possible. Friendship needs a certain parallelism of life, a community of thought, a rivalry of aim."
Friendship
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