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" A man will turn over half a library to make one book. "

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" Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again. "

" Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess. "

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" Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test. "

" There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain. "

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" Revenge is an act of passion; vengeance of justice. Injuries are revenged; crimes are avenged. "

" Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth. "

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" Whoever thinks of going to bed before twelve o'clock is a scoundrel. "

" To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself. "

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" No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of spring. "

" Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent. "

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" Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and... the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use. "

" Power is not sufficient evidence of truth. "

" Language is the dress of thought. "

" When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford. "