I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a great poet.
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Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it out and strike it; merely to show that you have one.
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Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough.
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Most people have ears, but few have judgment tickle those ears, and depend upon it, you will catch those judgments, such as they are
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