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" Money is like manure, of very little use except it be spread. "

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Knowledge Is Power

" Science is but an image of the truth. "

" Silence is the virtue of fools. "

" The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery. "

" Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing. "

" If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us. "

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" The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. "