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Choose the life that is most useful, and habit will make it the most agreeable.
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Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.
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People have discovered that they can fool the devil; but they can't fool the neighbors.
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A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion.
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Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible.
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The genius, wit, and the spirit of a nation are discovered by their proverbs.
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Prosperity is the blessing of the Old Testament; adversity is the blessing of the New.
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It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the other.
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Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.
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Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.
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