Men are often capable of greater things than they perform. They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent.


Horace Walpole

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If a man's fortune does not fit him, it is like the shoe in the story; if too large it trips him up,...
HORACE
Mix a little foolishness with your serious plans. It is lovely to be silly at the right moment.
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When a man is just and firm in his purpose,
The citizens burning to approve a wrong
Or the fro...
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Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.
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A good and faithful judge ever prefers the honorable to the expedient.
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There is nothing assured to mortals.
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This is a fault common to all singers, that among their friends they will never sing when they are a...
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If a better system is thine, impart it; if not, make use of mine.
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I am not bound over to swear allegiance to any master; where the storm drives me I turn in for shelt...
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What fugitive from his country can also escape from himself.
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If you would have me weep, you must first of all feel grief yourself.
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He who is upright in his way of life and free from sin.
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I teach that all men are mad.
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He is armed without who is innocent within, be this thy screen, and this thy wall of brass.
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In the word of no master am I bound to believe.
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He will always be a slave who does not know how to live upon a little.
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Gold will be slave or master.
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Punishment closely follows guilt as its companion.
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The avarice person is ever in want; let your desired aim have a fixed limit.
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Life gives nothing to man without labor.
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What we learn only through the ears makes less impression upon our minds than what is presented to t...
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