No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.
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While conscience is our friend, all is at peace; however once it is offended, farewell to a tranquil mind.
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Satire should, like a polished razor keen, Wound with a touch that's scarcely felt or seen.
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People commonly educate their children as they build their houses, according to some plan they think beautiful, without considering whether it is suited to the purposes for which they are designed.
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Civility costs nothing, and buys everything.
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I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.
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