To swear, except when necessary, is becoming to an honorable man.
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Where evil habits are once settled, they are more easily broken than mended.
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Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
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God, that all-powerful Creator of nature and architect of the world, has impressed man with no character so proper to distinguish him from other animals, as by the faculty of speech.
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The pretended admission of a fault on our part creates an excellent impression.
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Though ambition in itself is a vice, yet it is often the parent of virtues.
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