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No man can ever end with being superior who will not begin with being inferior.

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Errors, to be dangerous, must have a great deal of truth mingled with them. It is only from this alliance that they can ever obtain an extensive circulation.

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Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for, and you will succeed.

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In composing, as a general rule, run your pen through every other word you have written; you have no idea what vigor it will give your style.

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Heaven never helps the men who will not act.

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To business that we love we rise bedtime, and go to't with delight.

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What you don't know would make a great book.

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I never read a book before previewing it; it prejudices a man so.

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Marriage resembles a pair of shears, so joined that they cannot be separated; often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who comes between them.

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It is safest to be moderately base - to be flexible in shame, and to be always ready for what is generous, good, and just, when anything is to be gained by virtue.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Clergyman

Born: June 3rd, 1771

Died: February 22nd, 1845

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