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" There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are rotten. "

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" When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. "

" A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted that riches, office, fortune and favour cannot satisfy him. "

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" I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance. "

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" Books that you carry to the fire, and hold readily in your hand, are most useful after all. "

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