There is a sort of gratification in doing good which makes us rejoice in ourselves.

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Anyone who does not feel sufficiently strong in memory should not meddle with lying.

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No man is exempt from saying silly things; the mischief is to say them deliberately.

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Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.

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How many things we held yesterday as articles of faith which today we tell as fables.

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I have often seen people uncivil by too much civility, and tiresome in their courtesy.

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I study myself more than any other subject. That is my metaphysics, that is my physics.

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There is as much difference between us and ourselves as there is between us and others.

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How many things which served us yesterday as articles of faith, are fables for us today.

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Children's playthings are not sports and should be deemed as their most serious actions.

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