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  • William Hazlitt He talked on for ever; and you wished him to talk on for ever.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • Norman Douglas He talks about the Scylla of Atheism and the Charybdis of Christianity - a state of mind which, by the way, is not conducive to bold navigation.
    Norman Douglas
    British Author (1868 - 1952)
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  • Bayard Taylor He teaches best, Who feels the hearts of all men in his breast, And knows their strength or weakness through his own.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Baltasar Gracian He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything.
    Baltasar Gracian
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • Joel Hawes He that cannot decidedly say, ''No,'' when tempted to evil, is on the highway to ruin. He loses the respect even of those who would tempt him, and becomes but the pliant tool and victim of their evil designs.
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  • Benjamin Franklin He that displays too often his wife and his wallet is in danger of having both of them borrowed.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Sir Walter Raleigh He that doth not as other men do, but endeavoureth that which ought to be done, shall thereby rather incur peril than preservation; for who so laboreth to be sincerely perfect and good shall necessarily perish, living among men that are generally evil.
    Sir Walter Raleigh
    British courtier, writer (1552 - 1618)
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  • Samuel Johnson He that embarks on the voyage of life will always wish to advance rather by the impulse of the wind than the strokes of the oar; and many fold in their passage; while they lie waiting for the gale.''
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Francis Bacon He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but he that gives good admonition and bad example, builds with one hand and pulls down with the other.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Richard Hooker He that goeth about to persuade a multitude that they are not so well governed as they ought to be shall never want attentive and favorable hearers.
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  • Sigmund Freud He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.
    Sigmund Freud
    Austrian psychiatrist (1856 - 1939)
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  • Jeremy Collier He that has his own troubles and the happiness of his neighbours to disturb him has work enough.
    Jeremy Collier
    English theatre critic, non-juror bishop and theologian (1650 - 1726)
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  • John Milton He that has light within his own clear breast may sit in the center, and enjoy bright day: But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts benighted walks under the mid-day sun;
    John Milton
    English poet, polemicist and man of letters (1608 - 1674)
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  • Benjamin Franklin He that hath a trade hath an estate; he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Francis Bacon He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Samuel Johnson He that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly become corrupt.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • William Shakespeare He that is robbed, not wanting what is stolen, him not know t, and he's not robbed at all.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Thomas Hobbes He that is taken and put into prison or chains is not conquered, though overcome; for he is still an enemy.
    Thomas Hobbes
    British philosopher (1588 - 1679)
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  • Charles Caleb Colton He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Jeremy Taylor He that loves not his wife and children feeds a lioness at home, and broods a nest of sorrows.
    Jeremy Taylor
    British churchman and writer (1613 - 1667)
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