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Never elated while one man's oppress'd; Never dejected while another's blessed.

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For critics, as they are birds of prey, have ever a natural inclination to carrion.

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To the Elysian shades dismiss my soul, where no carnation fades.

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Those oft are stratagems which errors seem Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream.

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Plays round the head, but comes not to the heart. One self-approving hour whole years outweighs Of stupid starers and of loud huzzas; And more true joy Marcellus exil'd feels Than Cæsar with a senate at his heels. In parts superior what advantage lies? Tell (for you can) what is it to be wise? 'T is but to know how little can be known; To see all others' faults, and feel our own.

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

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That virtue only makes our bliss below, And all our knowledge is ourselves to know.

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The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.

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Give me again my hollow tree A crust of bread, and liberty!

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The most positive men are the most credulous, since they most believe themselves, and advise most with their falsest flatterer and worst enemy--their own self-love.

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He knows to live who keeps the middle state, and neither leans on this side nor on that.

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Genuine religion is not so much a matter of feeling as a matter of principle.

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The life of a wit is a warfare upon earth.

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Mankind is unamendable.

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To err is human; to forgive, divine.

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Expression is the dress of thought.

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Still follow sense, of ev'ry art the soul, Parts answering parts shall slide into a whole.

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Most women have no characters at all.

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Education forms the common mind. Just as the twig is bent, the tree's inclined.

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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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