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When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.

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It is the duty of every one to strive to gain and deserve a good reputation.

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A sturdy, hardened sinner shall advance to the utmost pitch of impiety, with less reluctance than he took the first step while his conscience was yet vigilant and tender.

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A good man not only forbears those gratifications which are forbidden by reason and religion, but even restrains himself in unforbidden instances.

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Few consider how much we are indebted to government, because few can represent how wretched mankind would be without it.

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What we employ in charitable uses during our lives is given away from ourselves; what we bequeath at our death is given from others only, as our nearest relations.

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Modesty teaches us to speak of the ancients with respect, especially when we are not very familiar with their works. Newton, who knew them practically by heart, had the greatest respect for them, and considered them to be men of genius and superior intelligence who had carried their discoveries in every field much further than we today suspect, judging from what remains of their writings. More ancient writings have been lost than have been preserved, and perhaps our new discoveries are of less value than those that we have lost.

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