He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are.
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That writer does the most who gives his reader the most knowledge and takes from him the least time.Charles Caleb Colton
Early rising not only gives us more life in the same number of years, but adds, likewise, to their number and not only enables us to enjoy more of existence in the same time, but increases also the measure.
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The firmest of friendships have been formed in mutual adversity, as iron is most strongly united by the fiercest flame.
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True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
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He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place.
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If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition.
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