Agriculture not only gives riches to a nation, but the only riches she can call her own.
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In the most general applause discordant voices will always be heard.
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Scarce any man becomes eminently disagreeable but by a departure from his real character, and an attempt at something for which nature or education has left him unqualified
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There may be other reasons for a man's not speaking in publick than want of resolution he may have nothing to say.
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Poverty is often concealed in splendor, and often in extravagance. It is the task of many people to conceal their neediness from others. Consequently they support themselves by temporary means, and everyday is lost in contriving for tomorrow.
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If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why, sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.
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