A man of sense may be in haste, but can never be in a hurry.
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Ridicule is the best test of truth.
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Men have various subjects in which they may excel, or at least would be thought to excel, and though they love to hear justice done to them where they know they excel, yet they are most and best flattered upon those points where they wish to excel and yet are doubtful whether they do or not.
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Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. Without it genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies.
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The vulgar only laugh, but never smile whereas well-bred people often smile, but seldom laugh.
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He adorned whatever subject he either spoke or wrote upon, by the most splendid eloquence.
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