It is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in, and settleth in it, that doth the hurt.
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Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul.Francis Bacon
To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and sleep and of exercise is one of the best precepts of long lasting.
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All of our actions take their hue from the complexion of the heart, as landscapes their variety from light.
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A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green.
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The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears.
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Mahomet made the people believe that he would call a hill to him, and from the top of it offer up his prayers for the observers of his law. The people assembled Mahomet called the hill to come to him again and again and when the hill stood still, he was never a whit abashed, but said, If the hill will not come to Mahomet, Mahomet will go to the hill.
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