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Most powerful is he who has himself in his own power.

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It is quality rather than quantity that matters.

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It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.

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One must steer, not talk.

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You must live for another if you wish to live for yourself.

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We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money; and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.

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The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.

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For greed all nature is too little.

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May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.

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That which is given with pride and ostentation is rather an ambition than a bounty.

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Light troubles speak; the weighty are struck dumb.

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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.

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No one is laughable who laughs at himself.

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Crime when it succeeds is called virtue.

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We should every night call ourselves to an account: what infirmity have I mastered today? what passions opposed? what temptation resisted? what virtue acquired? Our vices will abate of themselves if they be brought every day to the shrift.

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There is as much greatness of mind in acknowledging a good turn, as in doing it.

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That is never too often repeated, which is never sufficiently learned.

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When an author is too meticulous about his style, you may presume that his mind is frivolous and his content flimsy.

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The greatest remedy for anger is delay.

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