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"Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise."
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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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"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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"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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"Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible."
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"He that hath knowledge spareth his words."
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"Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws."
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"The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses."
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"Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance."
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"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is."
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"There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool."
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"Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience."
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"The worst men often give the best advice."
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"As the births of living creatures are at first ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of time."
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