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Quote by Benjamin Franklin
If a man could have just half of his wishes, he would double his t

If a man could have just half of his wishes, he would double his troubles. – Benjamin Franklin

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He that hath a trade hath an estate; he that hath a calling hath an office of profit and honor. – Benjamin Franklin

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Passion and prejudice govern the world, only under the name of reason. – John Wesley

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A whirl of torrid dust veils the picture. – Vladimir Nabokov, The Gift, 1963, translated from Russian by Michael Scammell

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We look for some reward of our endeavours and are disappointed; not success, not happiness, not even peace of conscience, crowns our ineffectual efforts to do well. – Robert Louis Stevenson, “Pulvis et umbra,” 1888

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Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you and be silent. – Epictetus

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Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors. – Joseph Addison

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No human being can really understand another, and no one can arrange anothers happiness. – Graham Greene

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Of one thing I am certain, the body is not the measure of healing, peace is the measure. – Phyllis McGinley

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Great is the power, great is the authority of a senate that is unanimous in its opinions. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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