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"If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives."
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"Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with."
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"A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open."
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"A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter."
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"Pain is as diverse as man. One suffers as one can."
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"Men become accustomed to poison by degrees."
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"When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind."
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"Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist legacy of Columbus but affirm dimensions of that legacy by their refusal to repudiate patriarchy?"
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"Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice."
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"There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices."
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"There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men."
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"Action is the highest perfection and drawing forth of the utmost power, vigor, and activity of man's nature."
Nature

"Passion is the drunkenness of the mind."
Mind

"Truth will lose its credit, if delivered by a person that has none."
Truth

"Most of the appearance of mirth in the world is not mirth, it is art. The wounded spirit is not seen, but walks under a disguise."
Art

"If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives."
Man

"Innocence is like polished armor; it adorns and defends."
Innocence

"Wonder is from surprise, and surprise stops with experience."
Experience

"It is idleness that creates impossibilities; and where people don't care to do anything, they shelter themselves under a permission that it cannot be done."
People

"Defeat should never be a source of discouragement, but rather a fresh stimulus."
Defeat

"Guilt upon the conscience, like rust upon iron, both defiles and consumes it, gnawing and creeping into it, as that does which at last eats out the very heart and substance of the metal."
Heart
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