That law may be set down as good which is certain in meaning, just in precept, convenient in execution, agreeable to the form of government, and productive of virtue in those that live under it.
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Above all, believe it, the sweetest canticle is Nunc dimittis, when a man hath obtained worthy ends and expectations. Death hath this also, that it openeth the gate to good fame, and extinguisheth envy.Francis Bacon
Truth emerges more readily from error than from confusion.
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Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue.
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Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time.
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The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall But in charity there is no excess, neither can angel or man come in danger by it.
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The place of justice is a hallowed place.
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