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The arch-flatterer with whom all the petty flatterers have intelligence is a man's self
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Imagination was given man to compensate for what he is not, and a sense of humor to console him for what he is.
A man cannot speak to his son but as a father, to his wife but as a husband, to his enemy but upon terms, whereas a friend may speak as the case requires, and not as it sorteth with the person.
Certainly it is a heaven upon earth to have a man's mind to move in charity, rest in providence and turn upon the poles of truth.
A just fear of an imminent danger, though there be no blow given, is a lawful cause of war
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