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The higher we are placed, the more humbly we should walk.
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The false is nothing but an imitation of the true.
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So near is falsehood to truth that a wise man would do well not to trust himself on the narrow edge.
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Nothing is so unbelievable that oratory cannot make it acceptable.
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The function of wisdom is to discriminate between good and evil.
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What is permissible is not always honorable.
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Rather leave the crime of the guilty unpunished than condemn the innocent.
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The harvest of old age is the recollection and abundance of blessing previously secured.
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Next to God we are nothing. To God we are Everything.
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No one was ever great without some portion of divine inspiration.
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Nothing is more noble, nothing more venerable than fidelity. Faithfulness and truth are the most sacred excellences and endowments of the human mind.
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I never heard of an old man forgetting where he had buried his money! Old people remember what interests them: the dates fixed for their lawsuits, and the names of their debtors and creditors.
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The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due.
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I add this, that rational ability without education has oftener raised man to glory and virtue, than education without natural ability.
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I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.
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No obligation to do the impossible is binding.
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It is not by muscle, speed, or physical dexterity that great things are achieved, but by reflection, force of character, and judgment.
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The safety of the people shall be the highest law.
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Hatred is settled anger.
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It is the nature of every person to error, but only the fool perseveres in error.
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When you have no basis for an argument, abuse the plaintiff.
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To live is to think.
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Laws are silent in time of war.
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The long time to come when I shall not exist has more effect on me than this short present time, which nevertheless seems endless.
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