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Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.

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It is a poore Center of a Mans Actions, Himselfe.

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The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.

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A man that is young in years may be old in hours if he have lost no time.

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

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The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

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

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If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

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Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.

"

It is a poore Center of a Mans Actions, Himselfe.

"

The momentous thing in human life is the art of winning the soul to good or evil.

"

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

"

The great end of life is not knowledge but action.

"

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

"

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.