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There is nothing more shocking than to see assertion and approval dashing ahead of cognition and perception.

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Oh, how great is the power of truth! which of its own power can easily defend itself against all the ingenuity and cunning and wisdom of men, and against the treacherous plots of all the world.

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It is a common saying that many pecks of salt must be eaten before the duties of friendship can be discharged.

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These studies are a spur to the young, a delight to the old: an ornament in prosperity, a consoling refuge in adversity; they are pleasure for us at home, and no burden abroad; they stay up with us at night, they accompany us when we travel, they are with us in our country visits.

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Borrowing from Peter to pay Paul.

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We are not born, we do not live for ourselves alone; our country, our friends, have a share in us.

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For hardly any man dances when sober, unless he is insane. Nor does he dance while alone, nor at a respectable and moderate party. Dancing is the final phase of a wild party with fancy decorations and a multitude of delights.

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In this statement, my Scipio, I build on your own admirable definition, that there can be no community, properly so called, unless it be regulated by a combination of rights. And by this definition it appears that a multitude of men may be just as tyrannical as a single despot and indeed this is the most odious of all tyrannies, since no monster can be more barbarous than the mob, which assumes the name and mask of the people.

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Orators are most vehement when they have the weakest cause, as men get on horseback when they cannot walk.

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In a disturbed mind, as in a body in the same state, health can not exist.

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Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nature forms our habits, by which we are nurtured and live.

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If only every man would make proper use of his strength and do his utmost, he need never regret his limited ability.

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Were floods of tears to be unloosed In tribute to my grief, The doves of Noah ne'er had roost Nor found an olive-leaf.

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Grief is not in the nature of things, but in opinion.

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In fact the whole passion ordinarily termed love (and heaven help me if I can think of any other term to apply to it) is of such exceeding triviality that I see nothing that I think comparable with it.

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To live long, live slowly.

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Rashness attends youth, as prudence does old age.

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We forget our pleasures, we remember our sufferings.

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As in the case of wines that improve with age, the oldest friendships ought to be the most delightful.

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Dogs wait for us faithfully.

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