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- To say the least, a town life makes one more tolerant and liberal in one's judgement of others.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), Hyperion, 1839
- Good company and good discourse are the very sinews of virtue.
- Izaak Walton (1593 - 1683), The Compleat Angler, 1653
- The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star.
- Anthelme Brillat-Savarin (1755 - 1826), Physiologie du Gout, 1825
- To lengthen thy life, lessen thy meals.
- Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), Poor Richard's Almanack, 1737
- Next in importance to freedom and justice is popular education, without which neither freedom nor justice can be permanently maintained.
- James A. Garfield (1831 - 1881), July 12, 1880
- Goodness is the only investment that never fails.
- Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Walden: Higher Laws, 1854
- Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.
- James Boswell (1740 - 1795), Life of Samuel Johnson, 1791
- The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.
- Lord Chesterfield (1694 - 1773), Letters to His Son, 1746, published 1774
- Be not the first by whom the new are tried,
Nor yet the last to lay the old aside. - Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744), An Essay on Criticism, 1711
- Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
- Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), 'Pro Plancio,' 54 B.C.
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