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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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Laws and Institutions Must Go Hand in Hand with the Progress of the Human Mind.

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I have to hope that my instincts will do the right thing, because I can't erase what I have done. And if I drew something first, then my paintings would be illustrations of drawings.

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God never wrought miracles to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it.

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What is truth? said jesting Pilate; and would not stay for an answer.

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The mold of our fortunes is in our own hands.

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Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.

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When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.

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A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.

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I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind.

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We rise to great heights by a winding staircase of small steps.

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You cannot teach a child to take care of himself unless you will let him try to take care of himself. He will make mistakes and out of these mistakes will come his wisdom.

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But we may go further, and affirm most truly, that it is a mere and miserable solitude to want true friends; without which the world is but a wilderness.

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He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works and of greatest merit for the public have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men, which both in affection and means have married and endowed the public. He was reputed one of the wise men that made answer to the question, when a man should marryA young man not yet, an elder man not at all.

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Hurl your calumnies boldly; something is sure to stick.

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We read that we ought to forgive our enemies; but we do not read that we ought to forgive our friends.

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Velazquez found the perfect balance between the ideal illustration which he was required to produce, and the overwhelming emotion he aroused in the spectator.

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The world's a bubble, and the life of man, Less than a span.

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He of whom many are afraid ought himself to fear many.

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Nothing is to be feared but fear.

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