Little opportunities should be improved.

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All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers.

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Discouragement is simply the despair of wounded self-love.

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Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.

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Exactness and neatness in moderation is a virtue, but carried to extremes narrows the mind.

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If we were faultless we should not be so much annoyed by the defects of those with whom we associate.

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Nothing is more despicable than a professional talker who uses his words as a quack uses his remedies.

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A good historian is timeless; although he is a patriot, he will never flatter his country in any respect.

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Do not make best friends with a melancholy sad soul. They always are heavily loaded, and you must bear half.

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All earthly delights are sweeter in expectation than in enjoyment; but all spiritual pleasures more in fruition than in expectation.

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