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- Curiosity is one of the permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous mind.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
- Of all the griefs that harass the distrest,
Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest. - Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
- That action is best which procures the greatest happiness.
- Francis Hutcheson
- The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in the closet.
- Lord Chesterfield (1694 - 1773)
- Respect yourself and others will respect you.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
- Safeguard the health both of body and soul.
- Cleobulus
- Virtue is indeed its own reward.
- Claudianus
- Learn to bear bravely changes of fortune.
- Cleobulus
- An angry man is again angry with himself when he returns to reason.
- Publilius Syrus (~100 BC)
- Our repentance is not so much regret for the ill we have done as fear of the ill that may happen to us in consequence.
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
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