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- "A sound mind in a sound body, is a short, but full description of a ..."
- "All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his ..."
- "All wealth is the product of labor. "
- "An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the ..."
- "As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears. "
- "Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company and reflection must finish him. "
- "Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, ..."
- "Fashion for the most part is nothing but the ostentation of riches. "
- "Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues. "
- "I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for ..."
- "I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. "
- "I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment. "
- "If we will disbelieve everything, because we cannot certainly know all things, we shall do ..."
- "It is easier for a tutor to command than to teach. "
- "It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, ..."
- "New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without anyother reason but because they are ..."
- "No man's knowledge here can go beyond his experience. "
- "One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater ..."
- "Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each ..."
- "Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but ..."
- "Parents wonder why the streams are bitter, when they themselves have poisoned the fountain. "
