A wise man struggling with adversity is said by some heathen writer to be a spectacle on which the gods might look down with pleasure.
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Speaking of justice Truth is its handmaid, freedom is its child, peace is its companion, safety walks in its steps, victory follows in its train it is the brightest emanation from the Gospel it is the attribute of God.Sydney Smith
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Errors, to be dangerous, must have a great deal of truth mingled with them. It is only from this alliance that they can ever obtain an extensive circulation.
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As the French say, there are three sexes - men, women, and clergymen.
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To business that we love we rise bedtime, and go to't with delight.
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Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out.
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