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The virtue of paganism was strength; the virtue of Christianity is obedience.
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A mother should give her children a superabundance of enthusiasm; that after they have lost all they are sure to lose on mixing with the world, enough may still remain to prompt fated support them through great actions.
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It is with flowers as with moral qualities; the bright are sometimes poisonous; but, I believe, never the sweet.
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A statesman, we are told, should follow public opinion. Doubtless, as a coachman follows his horses; having firm hold on the reins and guiding them.
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Some people carry their hearts in their heads; very many carry their heads in their hearts. The difficulty is to keep them apart, yet both actively working together.
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Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel.
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Many are ambitious of saying grand things, that is, of being grandiloquent.
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What hypocrites we seem to be whenever we talk of ourselves! Our words sound so humble, while our hearts are so proud.
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The intellect of the wise is like glass; it admits the light of heaven and reflects it.
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What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities.
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