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The public is wiser than the wisest critic.


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The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are blindly adopted; the second wilfully preferred.

The prejudices of ignorance are more easily removed than the prejudices of interest; the first are blindly adopted; the second wilfully preferred.



It [Calvinism] established a religion without a prelate, a government without a king.

It [Calvinism] established a religion without a prelate, a government without a king.



By common consent, gray hairs are a crown of glory: the only object of respect that can never excite envy.

By common consent, gray hairs are a crown of glory: the only object of respect that can never excite envy.



Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine.

Sedition is bred in the lap of luxury and its chosen emissaries are the beggared spendthrift and the impoverished libertine.



Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect.

Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect.



Beauty is but the sensible image of the infinite. Like truth and justice, it lives within us; like virtue and the moral law, it is a companion of the soul.

Beauty is but the sensible image of the infinite. Like truth and justice, it lives within us; like virtue and the moral law, it is a companion of the soul.



If hours did not hang heavy, what would become of scandal?

If hours did not hang heavy, what would become of scandal?



In 1688 England contracted to the Netherlands the highest debt that one nation can owe to another. Herself not knowing how to recover her liberties, they were restored by men of the United Provinces.

In 1688 England contracted to the Netherlands the highest debt that one nation can owe to another. Herself not knowing how to recover her liberties, they were restored by men of the United Provinces.



The measure of progress of civilization is the progress of the people.

The measure of progress of civilization is the progress of the people.



Avarice is the vice of declining years.

Avarice is the vice of declining years.





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Be proud to act like a normal human being. Keep daylight hours, get a regular job, and mix in the company of people with a fixed sense of right and wrong.

Be proud to act like a normal human being. Keep daylight hours, get a regular job, and mix in the company of people with a fixed sense of right and wrong.



Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.- Mark Twain

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.- Mark Twain



Despair has its own calms.

Despair has its own calms.



I don't think that they know fully what's happening with Miss Match so therefore I don't know how many more if any, if the show's even gonna keep going.

I don't think that they know fully what's happening with Miss Match so therefore I don't know how many more if any, if the show's even gonna keep going.



I realized that acting was the thing I was still maybe the best at. Of the things I felt like I was good at, that was the thing that came the most naturally to me.

I realized that acting was the thing I was still maybe the best at. Of the things I felt like I was good at, that was the thing that came the most naturally to me.



Over a long period of time, living as if you were someone else is no fun.

Over a long period of time, living as if you were someone else is no fun.



I've never met anyone who's left a comment on anything. It's just demons who live in basements.

I've never met anyone who's left a comment on anything. It's just demons who live in basements.



To stick to the present situation would be something like a man who was observed in Times Square looking earnestly along the pavement. He was asked what he was looking for. He said "I lost my watch."

To stick to the present situation would be something like a man who was observed in Times Square looking earnestly along the pavement. He was asked what he was looking for. He said "I lost my watch."




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