When a man has been guilty of any vice or folly, the best atonement he can make for it is to warn others not to fall into the like.
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A man with great talents, but void of discretion, is like Polyphemus in the fable, strong and blind, endued with an irresistible force, which for want of sight is of no use to him
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Blesses his stars and thinks it luxury.
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There is no greater sign of a general decay of virtue in a nation, than a want of zeal in its inhabitants for the good of their country.
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