Right, in a word, is the duty which each man owes to himself or it is that portion of the general good of which (as being principally interested) he is made the special judge, and which is put under his immediate keeping.
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The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right.William Hazlitt
One truth discovered, one pang of regret at not being able to express it, is better than all the fluency and flippancy in the world.
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There is nothing more to be esteemed than a manly firmness And decision of character. I like a person who knows his own mind and sticks to it who sees at once what is to be done in given circumstances and does it.
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Like a rustic at a fair, we are full of amazement and rapture, and have no thought of going home, or that it will soon be night.
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The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.
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There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they will not let you have it.
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