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In all superstition wise men follow fools.
They that reverence too much old times are but a scorn to the new.
Atheism is rather in the lip than in the heart of man.
There is no such flatterer as is a man's self.
Virtue is like precious odours,-most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed.
A just fear of an imminent danger, though there be no blow given, is a lawful cause of war.
Be not penny-wise: riches have wings, and sometimes they fly away of themselves; sometimes they must be set flying to bring in more.
Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.
Young men are fitter to invent than to judge, fitter for execution than for counsel, fitter for new projects than for settled business.
The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.
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