- Little
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- Man
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The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world.
- Justice
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Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing to do; justice to myself induces me to add that I will cease to write the moment I have nothing to say.
- Living
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The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, nor slander us behind our backs, nor intrude upon our privacy, nor quit their shelves until we take them down.
- Difficulties
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To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people to publish it, and get sensible people to read it, are the three great difficulties in being an author.
- Good
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In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.
- Future
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Of present fame think little, and of future less; the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead.
- Death
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Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release, the physician of him whom medicine cannot cure, and the comforter of him whom time cannot console.
- Enemies
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It is always safe to learn, even from our enemies; seldom safe to venture to instruct, even our friends.
- Men
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There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth publishing, to find honest men to publish it, and to find sensible men to read it.
- Disease
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No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of others than virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.
- Form
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Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
- Good
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Power will intoxicate the best hearts, as wine the strongest heads. No man is wise enough, nor good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.
- More
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Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity, than straightforward and simple integrity in another.
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Mystery is not profoundness.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020