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There are some solitary wretches who seem to have left the rest of mankind, only, as Eve left Adam, to meet the devil in private.

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The soul's calm sunshine, and the heartfelt joy.

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Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.

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Avoid Extremes; and shun the fault of such Who still are pleas'd too little or too much.

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Dulness! whose good old cause I yet defend, With whom my muse began, with who shall end.

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An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded.

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Such as are still observing upon others are like those who are always abroad at other men's houses, reforming everything there while their own runs to ruin.

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True self-love and social are the same.

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Homer excels all the inventors of other arts in this: that he has swallowed up the honor of those who succeeded him.

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If, presume not to God to scan; The proper study of Mankind is Man. Plac'd on this isthmus of a middle state, a being darkly wise, and rudely great.

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Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words,-health, peace, and competence.

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Let opening roses knotted oaks adorn, And liquid amber drop from every thorn.

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Some place the bliss in action, some in ease, Those call it pleasure, and contentment these.

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I am his Highness' dog at Kew; Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?

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Jarring interests of themselves create the according music of a well-mixed state.

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Trace Science, then, with Modesty thy guide, First strip off all her equipage of Pride, Deduct what is but Vanity or Dress, Or Learning's Luxury or idleness, Or tricks, to show the stretch of the human brain Mere curious pleasure or ingenious pain.

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Virtuous and vicious every man must be, few in the extreme, but all in the degree.

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The villain's censure is extorted praise.

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A king is a mortal god on earth, unto whom the living God hath lent his own name as a great honour; but withal told him, he should die like a man, lest he should be proud, and flatter himself that God hath with his name imparted unto him his nature also. JOHN LOCKE, "Of a King", The Conduct of the Understanding: Essays, Moral, Economical, and Political A king may be a tool, a thing of straw; but if he serves to frighten our enemies, and secure our property, it is well enough: a scarecrow is a thing of straw, but it protects the corn.

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Every professional was once an amateur.

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