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If vices were profitable, the virtuous man would be the sinner.

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If there be fuel prepared, it is hard to tell whence the spark shall come that shall set it on fire.

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This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.

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Man, as the minister and interpreter of nature, is limited in act and understanding by his observation of the order of nature; neither his understanding nor his power extends further.

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The nature of things betrays itself more readily under the vexations of art than in its natural freedom.

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The lame man who keeps the right road outstrips the runner who takes the wrong one.

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Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.

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Always let losers have their words.

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Atheism leads a man to sense, to philosophy, to natural piety, to laws, to reputation: all of which may be guides to an outward moral virtue.

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The human understanding, from its peculiar nature, easily supposes a greater degree of order and equality in things than it really finds.

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There is another ground of hope that must not be omitted. Let men but think over their infinite expenditure of understanding, time, and means on matters and pursuits of far less use and value; whereof, if but a small part were directed to sound and solid studies, there is no difficulty that might not be overcome.

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Money is a good servant, a dangerous master.

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Riches are for spending.

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I use all sorts of things to work with: old brooms, old sweaters, and all kinds of peculiar tools and materials... I paint to excite myself, and make something for myself.

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Antiquities, or remnants of history, are, as was said, tanquam tabula naufragii: when industrious persons, by an exact and scrupulous diligence and observation, out of monuments, names, words, proverbs, traditions, private records and evidences, fragments of stories, passages of books that concern not story, and the like, do save and recover somewhat from the deluge of time.

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Lukewarm persons think they may accommodate points of religion by middle ways and witty reconcilements,--as if they would make an arbitrament between God and man.

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Disciples do owe their masters only a temporary belief, and a suspension of their own judgment till they be fully instructed.

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Great changes are easier than small ones.

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It is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in and settleth in it, that doth the hurt.

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The men of experiment are like the ant, they only collect and use; the reasoners resemble spiders, who make cobwebs out of their own substance. But the bee takes the middle course, it gathers its material from the flowers of the garden and field, but transforms and digests it by a power of its own.

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