What pity is it That we can die, but once to serve our country.

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To be an atheist requires an infinitely greater measure of faith than to receive all...

To be an atheist requires an infinitely greater measure of faith than to receive all...

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.

Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.

Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.

Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.

A man that has a taste of music, painting, or architecture, is like one that...

A man that has a taste of music, painting, or architecture, is like one that...

Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity

Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness...

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness...

If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think...

If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think...

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise...

If you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise...

The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.

The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion...

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion...

One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure...

One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure...

Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and...

Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and...

That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what...

That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what...

The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but...

The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but...

Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and of our miseries. A marriage of love...

Marriage enlarges the scene of our happiness and of our miseries. A marriage of love...

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object.

There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.

There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.

Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be...

Justice is an unassailable fortress, built on the brow of a mountain which cannot be...