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As the French say, there are three sexes - men, women, and clergymen.

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Science is his forte, and omniscience his foible.

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Solitude cherishes great virtues and destroys little ones.

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A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.

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Find fault when you must find fault in private, and if possible sometime after the offense, rather than at the time.

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To do anything in this world worth doing, we must not stand back shivering and thinking of the cold and danger, but jump in, and scramble through as well as we can.

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What a pity it is that we have no amusements in England but vice and religion!

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I look upon Switzerland as an inferior sort of Scotland.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Clergyman

Born: June 3rd, 1771

Died: February 22nd, 1845

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