Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world.
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He that has more knowledge than judgment, is made for another man's use more than his own.William Penn
The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God, but in cities little else but the works of men.
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A Man in Business must put up many Affronts, if he loves his own Quiet.
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Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those that offer it: For Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers.
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Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.
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For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.
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