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The confidence which we have in ourselves gives birth to much of that which...
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We do what we must, and call it by the best names.
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No man is so perfect, so necessary to his friends, as to give them...
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An object in possession seldom retains the same charm that it had in pursuit.
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Pardon him, Theodotus: he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his...
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A nation which has forgotten the quality of courage which in the past has...
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Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they don’t bite everybody.
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And this our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in...
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If any one faculty of our nature may be called more wonderful than the...
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The observation of others is coloured by our inability to observe ourselves impartially. We...