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Cunning to wise, is as an Ape to a Man.


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Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.



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The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.



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Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.



Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.



True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.



No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.



They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.

They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies.



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Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.





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