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"Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is to little."
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"When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package."

"The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise he will move in a world of the dead. He can only gain that conception through personal experience, and he can only use his personal experiences when he is a genius."

"What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually acts."

"A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open."
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"Those men are most apt to be obsequious and conciliating abroad, who are under the discipline of shrews at home."


"A kind heart is a fountain of gladness, making everything in its vicinity freshen into smiles."


"The natural principle of war is to do the most harm to our enemy with the least harm to ourselves; and this of course is to be effected by stratagem."


"Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart."


"Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart."


"There is certain relief in change, even though it be from bad to worse! As I have often found in traveling in a stagecoach, that it is often a comfort to shift one's position, and be bruised in a new place."


"The easiest thing to do, whenever you fail, is to put yourself down by blaming your lack of ability for your misfortunes."


"There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble."
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