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"Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution."

"If a man has nothing to eat, fasting is the most intelligent thing he can do."

"Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude."

"In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary."
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"It is not true that people are naturally equal for no two people can be together for even a half an hour without one acquiring an evident superiority over the other."

"In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it."

"Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms."

"There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern... No, Sir; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn."

"The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope."
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