Independence may be found in comparative as well as in absolute abundance; I mean where a person contracts his desires within the limits of his fortune.
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The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one.
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A fool and his words are soon parted.
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A miser grows rich by seeming poor; an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.
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Zealous men are ever displaying to you the strength of their belief, while judicious men are showing you the grounds of it.
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Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites; for she frequents the poor man's hut, as well as the palace of his superior.
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