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To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man.

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Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are con...more

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As vivacity is the gift of women gravity is that of men.

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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.

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Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it courage which arises from a sense of duty acts in a uniform mann...more

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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

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The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.