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"He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade."
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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."
People
"In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it."
Man
"He that fails in his endeavors after wealth or power will not long retain either honesty or courage."
Power
"Life cannot subsist in society but by reciprocal concessions."
Life
"Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms."
Life
"The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape."
Reflection
"My dear friend, clear your mind of can't."
Friendship
"Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles."
Knowledge
"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."
Happiness
"The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure, but from hope to hope."
Hope
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