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Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men, whereby to communicate their mind but to wise men, whereby to conceal it.
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How little do they see what really is, who frame their hasty judgments upon that which seems.
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A good inclination is but the first rude draught of virtue, but the finishing strokes are from the will, which, if well disposed, will by degrees perfect it, as if all disposed will quickly deface it.
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If you would be pungent, be brief for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.
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Not where I breathe, but where I love, I live Not where I love, but where I am, I die.
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