Lazy people are always anxious to be doing something.

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You are not born for fame if you don't know the value of time.

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The things we know best are the things we haven't been taught.

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There is nothing that fear and hope does not permit men to do.

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If people did not compliment one another there would be little society.

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We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather.

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When a thought is too weak to be expressed simply, it should be rejected.

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Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.

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Our failings sometimes bind us to one another as closely as could virtue itself.

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The most absurd and reckless aspirations have sometimes led to extraordinary success.

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