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" In order for the light to shine so brightly, the darkness must be present. "

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" There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self. "

" A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green. "

" Antiquities are history defaced, or some remnants of history which have casually escaped the shipwreck of time. "

" The worst men often give the best advice. "

" God has placed no limits to the exercise of the intellect he has given us, on this side of the grave. "

" Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor. "

" There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion. "

" Knowledge is power. "

Knowledge Is Power

" Friendship increases in visiting friends, but in visiting them seldom. "

" I had rather believe all the Fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a Mind. "

" We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do. "

" Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider. "

" A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open. "

" Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom. "

" It is impossible to love and to be wise. "

" It is natural to die as to be born. "

" Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse. "

" The joys of parents are secret, and so are their grieves and fears. "

" The pencil of the Holy Ghost hath labored more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon. "

" Judges must beware of hard constructions and strained inferences, for there is no worse torture than that of laws. "

" He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator. "

" I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death. "

" They that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils. "

" Whosoever is delighted in solitude is either a wild beast or a god. "

" The best part of beauty is that which no picture can express. "

" Houses are built to live in, and not to look on: therefore let use be preferred before uniformity. "

" Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable. "

" Who ever is out of patience is out of possession of their soul. "

" He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other. "

" There is no comparison between that which is lost by not succeeding and that which is lost by not trying. "