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"Health consists with temperance alone."

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"Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below."

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"So vast is art, so narrow human wit."

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"True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance."

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"All nature is but art unknown to thee."

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"A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left."

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"Health consists with temperance alone."

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"Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below."

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"So vast is art, so narrow human wit."

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"True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance."

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"All nature is but art unknown to thee."

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"A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left."

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"One science only will one genius fit so vast is art, so narrow human wit."

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"I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by party-spirit, which at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few."

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"For Forms of Government let fools contest whatever is best administered is best."

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"Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell aspiring to be angels men rebel."

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"Woman's at best a contradiction still."

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"Party-spirit at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few."

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"A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity."

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"If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business."

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"The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres."

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"What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease."

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"Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon."

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"Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined."

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"Tis education forms the common mind just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined."

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"For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is in the right."

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"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread."

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"For fools rush in where angels fear to tread."

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"To err is human to forgive, divine."

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"But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?"

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"A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature."

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"All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul."

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"Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and all was light!"

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"An honest man's the noblest work of God."

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"Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind."

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"Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God."

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"Know then thyself, presume not God to scan The proper study of mankind is man."

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"For Forms of Government let fools contest whatever is best administered is best."

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"The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres."

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"Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below."

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"What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease."

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"Health consists with temperance alone."

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"Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest."

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"Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die."

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"Wit is the lowest form of humor."

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"The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head."

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"A little learning is a dangerous thing Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring."

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"No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a woman hate a man for being a friend to her."

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"They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake."

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"Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing."

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"Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example."

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"The most positive men are the most credulous."

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"The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres."

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"A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature."

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"All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul."

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"The learned is happy, nature to explore The fool is happy, that he knows no more."

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"Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and all was light!"

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"All nature is but art unknown to thee."

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"Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God."

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"Extremes in nature equal ends produce In man they join to some mysterious use."

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"Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw."

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"The most positive men are the most credulous."

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"One science only will one genius fit so vast is art, so narrow human wit."

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"Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe."

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"And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade."

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"Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below."

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"Tis but a part we see, and not a whole."

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"Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women can."

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"An honest man's the noblest work of God."

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"A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left."

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"Health consists with temperance alone."

"Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below."

"So vast is art, so narrow human wit."

"True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance."

"All nature is but art unknown to thee."

"A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left."

"One science only will one genius fit so vast is art, so narrow human wit."

"I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by party-spirit, which at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few."

"For Forms of Government let fools contest whatever is best administered is best."

"Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell aspiring to be angels men rebel."

"Woman's at best a contradiction still."

"Party-spirit at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few."

"A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like one who is too curious in observing the labor of bees, will often be stung for his curiosity."

"If a man's character is to be abused there's nobody like a relative to do the business."

"The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres."

"What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease."

"Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon."

"Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined."

"Tis education forms the common mind just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined."

"For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight, His can't be wrong whose life is in the right."

"Fools rush in where angels fear to tread."

"For fools rush in where angels fear to tread."

"To err is human to forgive, divine."

"But blind to former as to future fate, what mortal knows his pre-existent state?"

"A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature."

"All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul."

"Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and all was light!"

"An honest man's the noblest work of God."

"Lo! The poor Indian, whose untutored mind sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind."

"Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God."

"Know then thyself, presume not God to scan The proper study of mankind is man."

"For Forms of Government let fools contest whatever is best administered is best."

"The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres."

"Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below."

"What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease."

"Health consists with temperance alone."

"Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always To be Blest."

"Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die."

"Wit is the lowest form of humor."

"The bookful blockhead, ignorantly read With loads of learned lumber in his head."

"A little learning is a dangerous thing Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring."

"No woman ever hates a man for being in love with her, but many a woman hate a man for being a friend to her."

"They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake."

"Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing."

"Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example."

"The most positive men are the most credulous."

"The way of the Creative works through change and transformation, so that each thing receives its true nature and destiny and comes into permanent accord with the Great Harmony: this is what furthers and what perseveres."

"A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature."

"All are but parts of one stupendous whole, Whose body Nature is, and God the soul."

"The learned is happy, nature to explore The fool is happy, that he knows no more."

"Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and all was light!"

"All nature is but art unknown to thee."

"Slave to no sect, who takes no private road, But looks through Nature up to Nature's God."

"Extremes in nature equal ends produce In man they join to some mysterious use."

"Behold the child, by Nature's kindly law pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw."

"The most positive men are the most credulous."

"One science only will one genius fit so vast is art, so narrow human wit."

"Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe."

"And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade."

"Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below."

"Tis but a part we see, and not a whole."

"Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women can."

"An honest man's the noblest work of God."

"A work of art that contains theories is like an object on which the price tag has been left."

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