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Old friends become bitter enemies on a sudden for toys and small offenses.

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A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.

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To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.

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Worldly wealth is the Devil's bait; and those whose minds feed upon riches recede, in general, from real happiness, in proportion as their stores increase, as the moon, when she is fullest, is farthest from the sun.

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A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.

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No cord or cable can draw so forcibly, or bind so fast, as love can do with a single thread.

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A quiet mind cureth all.

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Every man hath a good and a bad angel attending on him in particular all his life long.

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Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top.

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The men who succeed are the efficient few. They are the few who have the ambition and will power to develop themselves.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Writer

Born: February 8th, 1577

Died: January 25th, 1640

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