He that would look with contempt on the pursuits of the farmer, is not worthy the name of a man
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Law represents the effort of man to organize society; governments, the efforts of selfishness to overthrow liberty.
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Flattery is praise insincerely given for an interested purpose.
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Many men build as cathedrals were built, the part nearest the ground finished but that part which soars toward heaven, the turrets and the spires, forever incomplete.
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Books are not made for furniture, but there is nothing else that so beautifully furnishes a house.
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Man is at the bottom an animal, midway a citizen, and at the top divine. But the climate of this world is such that few ripen at the top.
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