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" Pictures and shapes are but secondary objects and please or displease only in the memory. "

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" Natural abilities are like natural plants, that need pruning by study; and studies themselves do give forth directions too much at large, except they be bounded in by experience. "

" Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and solid. "

" Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. "

" Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God. "

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" 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. "

" It is a true rule that love is ever rewarded, either with the reciproque or with an inward and secret contempt. "

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" But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on. "

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