Good intentions are at least, the seed of good actions; and every one ought to sow them, and leave It to the soil and the seasons whether He or any other gather they fruit
William Temple, Sr.
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Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed
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Christianity is the most materialistic of all religions
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Holland is a country, where the earth is better than the air, and profit more in request than honor; where there is more sense than wit; more good nature than good humor; and more wealth than pleasure; where a man would choose rather to travel than t
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Courage is not merely a virtue; it is the virtue. Without it, there are no other virtues.
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The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's home
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A man's wisdom is his best friend; folly, his worst enemy.
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The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor
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Health is the soul that animates all the enjoyments of life, which fade and are tasteless without it.
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The best rules to form a young man are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's opinions, and value others that deserve it
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There cannot live an unhappier creature than an ill-natured old man, who is neither capable of receiving pleasures, nor sensible of conferring them on others
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