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Manners are one of the greatest engines of influence ever given to man.
Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument.
To follow imperfect, uncertain, or corrupted traditions, in order to avoid erring in our own judgment, is but to exchange one danger for another.
All men wish to have truth on their side; but few to be on the side of truth.
It is generally true that all that is required to make men unmindful of what they owe God for any blessing is that they should receive that blessing... →
Preach not because you have to say something, but because you have something to say.
In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed; we see the most indistinctly the objects which are close around us.
The happiest lot for a man, as far as birth is concerned, is that it should be such as to give him but little occasion to think much about it.
Unless people can be kept in the dark, it is best for those who love the truth to give them the full light.
There is a soul of truth in error; there is a soul of good in evil.
It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do.
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