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"I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie."
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"One ought to have a good memory when he has told a lie."

"Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance."

"Lying has a kind of respect and reverence with it. We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him."

"Unless a man feels he has a good enough memory, he should never venture to lie."
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"Meditation is a powerful and full study as can effectually taste and employ themselves."

"We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void."

"Once conform, once do what others do because they do it, and a kind of lethargy steals over all the finer senses of the soul."

"It is a sign of contraction of the mind when it is content, or of weariness. A spirited mind never stops within itself; it is always aspiring and going beyond its strength."
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