The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of millions of our fellow beings.

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The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right.

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To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue must seem... ridiculous.

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That which is not, shall never be; that which is, shall never cease to be. To the wise, these truths are self-evident.

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Those who make their dress a principal part of themselves, will, in general, become of no more value than their dress.

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To display the greatest powers, unless they are applied to great purposes, makes nothing for the character of greatness.

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Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns against them.

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Hope is the best possession. None are completely wretched but those who are without hope. Few are reduced so low as that.

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Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may succeed it must be habitual and uninterrupted.

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To get others to come into our ways of thinking, we must go over to theirs; and it is necessary to follow, in order to lead.

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