The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jurymen may dine.

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Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Fools admire, but men of sense approve.

Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.

Praise undeserved, is satire in disguise.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

Good God! How often are we to die before we go quite off this stage?...

Good God! How often are we to die before we go quite off this stage?...

Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.

Some people will never learn anything, for this reason, because they understand everything too soon.

Be niggards of advice on no pretense, For the worst avarice is that of sense.

Be niggards of advice on no pretense, For the worst avarice is that of sense.

Passions are the gales of life.

Passions are the gales of life.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

Do good by stealth, and blush to find it fame.

Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.

Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jury-men may dine

The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jury-men may dine

To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th' observer's sake.

To observations which ourselves we make, we grow more partial for th' observer's sake.

Health consists with temperance alone.

Health consists with temperance alone.

Woman's at best a contradiction still.

Woman's at best a contradiction still.

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every...

Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every...

'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods...

'Tis not enough your counsel still be true; Blunt truths more mischief than nice falsehoods...

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

To err is human, to forgive, divine.

Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes

Coffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes

The auditorium, named after a dead Queens politician is windowless in honor of the secrecy...

The auditorium, named after a dead Queens politician is windowless in honor of the secrecy...

The priest persuades a humble people to endure their hard lot, a politician urges them...

The priest persuades a humble people to endure their hard lot, a politician urges them...

A statesman is a politician who has been dead ten or fifteen years

A statesman is a politician who has been dead ten or fifteen years