Nothing so completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straightforward and simple integrity in another.
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Envy ought to have no place allowed it in the heart of man for the goods of this present world are so vile and low that they are beneath it and those of the future world are so vast and exalted that they are above it.Charles Caleb Colton
Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing to do; justice to myself induces me to add that I will cease to write the moment I have nothing to say.
Charles Caleb Colton
There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter.
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Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.
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Did universal charity prevail, earth would be a heaven, and hell a fable.
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Death is like thunder in two particulars, we are alarmed at the sound of it, and it is formidable only from that which has prceded it.
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