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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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"In religion as in politics it so happens that we have less charity for those who believe half our creed, than for those who deny the whole of it."
Politics
"It is better to meet danger than to wait for it. He that is on a lee shore, and foresees a hurricane, stands out to sea and encounters a storm to avoid a shipwreck."
Danger
"He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue and time are three things that never stand still."
Time
"Examinations are formidable even to the best prepared, for the greatest fool may ask more than the wisest man can answer."
Fool
"There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion."
Religion
"Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books."
Friendship
"True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes, but a world was too little for Alexander."
Contentment
"Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release, the physician of him whom medicine cannot cure, and the comforter of him whom time cannot console."
Death
"We hate some persons because we do not know them; and will not know them because we hate them."
Hate
"There are some frauds so well conducted that it would be stupidity not to be deceived by them."
Deception
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