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We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice.
We are double-edged blades, and every time we whet our virtue the return stroke straps our vice.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
Wild oats make a bad autumn crop.
If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise in practice under the overbearing read more
If the freedom of religion, guaranteed to us by law in theory, can ever rise in practice under the overbearing inquisition of public opinion, then and only then will truth, prevail over fanaticism
Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.
Sincerity makes the very least person to be of more value than the most talented hypocrite.
Who has a book of all that monarchs do,
He's more secure to keep it shut than shown;
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Who has a book of all that monarchs do,
He's more secure to keep it shut than shown;
For vice repeated is like the wand'ring wind,
Blows dust in others' eye, to spread itself;
And yet the end of all is bought thus dear,
The breath is gone, and the sore eyes see clear
To stop the air would hurt them.
One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And nothing is more helpful in read more
One of the hardest things in this world is to admit you are wrong. And nothing is more helpful in resolving a situation than its frank admission.
The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.
The vices we scoff at in others, laugh at us within ourselves.
O, what a mansion have those vices got
Which for their habitation chose out thee,
Where beauty's read more
O, what a mansion have those vices got
Which for their habitation chose out thee,
Where beauty's veil doth cover every blot
And all things turns to fair that eyes can see!
A fanatic is someone who does what the Lord would do, if He knew
the facts of the matter.
A fanatic is someone who does what the Lord would do, if He knew
the facts of the matter.
