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In true education, anything that comes to our hand is as good as a book: the prank of a page- boy, the blunder of a servant, a bit of table talk - they are all part of the curriculum.
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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
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Ignorance is the softest pillow on which a man can rest his head.
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There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.
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The public weal requires that men should betray, and lie, and massacre.
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I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.
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I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.
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How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.
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Lend yourself to others, but give yourself to yourself.
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Marriage is like a cage; one sees the birds outside desperate to get in, and those inside equally desperate to get out.
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Fortune, seeing that she could not make fools wise, has made them lucky.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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There are some defeats more triumphant than victories.
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Confidence in others' honesty is no light testimony of one's own integrity.
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Age imprints more wrinkles in the mind than it does on the face.
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