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"A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters."
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"Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away."
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"Men exist for the sake of one another."
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"When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land."
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"A man should be upright, not be kept upright."
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"There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them."
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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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"I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just."
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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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"We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members."
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"He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves."
People
"Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends."
Friendship
"Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh."
People
"In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge."
Religion
"A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones."
Mind
"Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request."
Business
"Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor unwounded."
Truth
"Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked."
Time
"Character must be kept bright as well as clean."
Character
"Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough."
Man
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