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Knowledge is grateful to the understanding, as light to the eyes.


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What worries you, masters you.

What worries you, masters you.



Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.

Our incomes are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.



The most precious of all possessions is power over ourselves.

The most precious of all possessions is power over ourselves.



Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.

Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.



Wherever Law ends, Tyranny begins.

Wherever Law ends, Tyranny begins.



Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company, and reflection must finish him.

Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company, and reflection must finish him.



There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.

There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.



The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.

The end of law is not to abolish or restrain, but to preserve and enlarge freedom. For in all the states of created beings capable of law, where there is no law, there is no freedom.



I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.



Revolt is the right of the people

Revolt is the right of the people





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