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"The reputation of a man is like his shadow, gigantic when it precedes him, and pigmy in its proportions when it follows."
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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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"Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution."
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"A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery."
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"A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good."
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"In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary."
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"A man in passion rides a horse that runs away with him."
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"Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all."
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"The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble."
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"The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men."
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"Ones reputation is like a shadow, it is gigantic when it precedes you, and a pigmy in proportion when it follows."
Reputation
"To succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man."
Fool
"Since the masses are always eager to believe something, for their benefit nothing is so easy to arrange as facts."
Fact
"The bold defiance of a woman is the certain sign of her shame, - when she has once ceased to blush, it is because she has too much to blush for."
Woman
"A court is an assembly of noble and distinguished beggars."
Politics
"The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence."
Art
"Speech was given to man to disguise his thoughts."
Thought
"Merit, however inconsiderable, should be sought for and rewarded. Methods are the master of masters."
Merit
"Show me another pleasure like dinner which comes every day and lasts an hour."
Pleasure
"She is such a good friend that she would throw all her acquaintances into the water for the pleasure of fishing them out again."
Friendship
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