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- "A man should never be ashamed to own he has been wrong, which is but saying, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday."
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- "Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside."
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- "Be thou the first true merit to befriend, his praise is lost who stays till all commend."
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- "Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed."
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- "Fools admire, but men of sense approve."
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- "He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one."
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- "Histories are more full of examples of the fidelity of dogs than of friends."
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- "Hither the heroes and nymphs resort,To taste awhile the pleasures of a courtIn various talk th'instuctive hours they past,Who gave the ball, or paid the visit lastOne speaks the glory of the British Queen,And one describes a charming Indian screenlA third interprets motions, looks and eyesAt every word a reputation dies."
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- "In every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and the best part."
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- "In words as fashions the same rule will hold,Alike fantastic if too new or oldBe not the first by whome the new are tried,Nor yet the last to lay the old aside."
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- "It is with narrow-souled people as with narrow necked bottles the less they have in them, the more noise they make in pouring it out."
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- "Know then thyself, presume not God to scan,The proper study of Mankind is Man."
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- "Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction absence does but hold off a friend, to make one see him the truer."
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- "Like bubbles on the sea of matter borne, They rise, they break, and to that sea return."
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- "Love, free as air at sight of human ties, Spreads his light wings, and in a moment flies."
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- "Our passions are like convulsion fits, which, though they make us stronger for a time, leave us the weaker ever after."
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- "Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon."
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- "To err is human to forgive, divine."
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- "Words are like leaves and where they most abound, Much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found."
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