Socrates called beauty a short-lived tyranny Plato, a privilege of nature Theophrastus, a silent cheat Theocritus, a delightful prejudice Carneades, a solitary kingdom Aristotle, that it was better than all the letters of recommendation in the w.
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Our God and soldiers we alike adore ev'n at the brink of danger not before After deliverance, both alike requited, Our God's forgotten, and our soldiers slighted.Francis Quarles
Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word "satiety."
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The world's a book, writ by the eternal art - Of the great author printed in man's heart, 'Tis falsely printed, though divinely penned, And all the errata will appear at the end.
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Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.
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The sufficiency of merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.
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Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot defeat; it is no less folly to fear what is impossible to be avoided than to be secure when there is a possibility to be deprived.
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