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The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss, and commit to memory the one, and pass over the other.

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As the births of living creatures at first are ill-shapen, so are all innovations, which are the births of time.

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If we do not maintain justice, justice will not maintain us.

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It is not the lie that passeth through the mind, but the lie that sinketh in and settleth in it, that doth the hurt.

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The Idols of Tribe have their foundation in human nature itself, and in the tribe or race of men. For it is a false assertion that the sense of man is the measure of things. On the contrary, all perceptions as well of the sense as of the mind are according to the measure of the individual and not according to the measure of the universe. And the human understanding is like a false mirror, which, receiving rays irregularly, distorts and discolors the nature of things by mingling its own nature with it.

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The person is a poor judge who by an action can be disgraced more in failing than they can be honored in succeeding.

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Of all virtues and dignities of the mind, goodness is the greatest, being the character of the Deity; and without it, man is a busy, mischievous, wretched thing.

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Hope is the most beneficial of all the affections, and doth much to the prolongation of life.

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Knowledge hath in it somewhat of the serpent, and therefore where it entereth into a man it makes him swell.

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Men seem neither to understand their riches nor their strength. Of the former they believe greater things than they should; of the latter, less.

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The universe must not be narrowed down to the limit of our understanding, but our understanding must be stretched and enlarged to take in the image of the universe as it is discovered.

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There is no great concurrence between learning and wisdom.

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In things that are tender and unpleasing, it is good to break the ice by some one whose words are of less weight, and to reserve the more weighty voice to come in as by chance.

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Friendship maketh daylight in the understanding, out of darkness and confusion of thoughts.

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There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

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We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do.

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Nature is often hidden, sometimes overcome, seldom extinguished.

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The doctrines of religion are resolved into carefulness; carefulness into vigorousness; vigorousness into guiltlessness; guiltlessness into abstemiousness; abstemiousness into cleanliness; cleanliness into godliness.

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It was a high speech of Seneca that "The good things which belong to prosperity are to be wished, but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired."

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Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God.

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