He that does a base thing in zeal for his friend burns the golden thread that ties their hearts together.
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He that speaketh against his own reason speaks against his own conscience, and therefore it is certain that no man serves God with a good conscience who serves him against his reason.Jeremy Taylor
Adultery itself in its principle is many times nothing but a curious inquisition after, and envy of another man's enclosed pleasures and there have been many who refused fairer objects that they might ravish an enclosed woman from her retirement and single possessor.
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No man can tell but he that loves his children, how many delicious accents make a man's heart dance in the pretty conversation of those dear pledges their childishness, their stammering, their little angers, their innocence, their imperfections, their necessities, are so many little emanations of joy and comfort to him that delights in their persons and society.
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Knowledge comes by eyes always open and working hard, And there is no knowledge that is not power.
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Know that you are your greatest enemy, but also your greatest friend.
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