Among the attributes of God, although they are all equal, mercy shines with even more brilliancy than justice.

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Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.

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There is a time for some things, and a time for all things a time for great things, and a time for small things.

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Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable.

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It is the part of a wise man to keep himself to-day for to-morrow, and not to venture all his eggs in one basket.

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The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

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One of the most considerable advantages the great have over their inferiors is to have servants as good as themselves.

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What greater misfortune, quoth Sancho, can there be than that which only expecteth time and death to end and consume it?

Miguel de Cervantes in Don Quixote de la Mancha (1605)
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Modesty, tis a virtue not often found among poets, for almost every one of them thinks himself the greatest in the world.

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I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine every man for himself, and God for us all.

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