A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
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Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth While all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.Joseph Addison
If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.
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The disease of jealously is so malignant that is converts all it takes into its own nourishment.
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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
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This Mr Dryden calls the fairy way of writing'.
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Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly raises one person above another.
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