When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than a pound of preaching.

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Every man who observes vigilantly and resolves steadfastly grows unconsciously into genius.

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O be very sure That no man will learn anything at all, Unless he first will learn humility.

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The prudent person may direct a state, but it is the enthusiast who regenerates or ruins it.

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There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.

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We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows.

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Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.

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Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye, looking on, finds its own.

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The true spirit of conversation consists in building on another man's observation, not overturning it.

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What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have the virtue to repent and the energy to atone.

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