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Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything.
He was a one-book man. Some men have only one book in them; others, a library.
No one minds what Jeffrey says:[…] it is not more than a week ago that I heard him speak disrespectfully of the Equator.
As the French say, there are three sexes — men, women, and clergymen.
A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage
People who love only once in their lives are shallow people. What they call their loyalty, and their fidelity, I call either the lethargy of custom, or their lack of imagination
You remember Thurlow's answer to some one complaining of the injustice of a company. "Why, you never expected justice from a company, did you? they have neither a soul to lose, nor a body to kick."
The fox, when caught, is worth nothing: he is followed for the pleasure of following.