And what is the greatest number? Number one.
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Character is the result of a system of stereotyped principals.
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Custom, then, is the great guide of human life.
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Eloquence, at its highest pitch, leaves little room for reason or reflection, but addresses itself entirely to the desires and affections, captivating the willing hearers, and subduing their understanding.
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He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance.
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It is a just political maxim, that every man must be supposed a knave.
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Nothing is more surprising than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few.
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The richest genius, like the most fertile soil, when uncultivated, shoots up into the rankest weeds.
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