Modesty is oftner mistaken than any other Virtue. - George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

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Some Mens Memory is like a Box, where a Man should mingle his Jewels with his old Shoes.

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A Little Learning misleadeth, and a great deal often stupifieth the Understanding.

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Every single Act either weakeneth or improveth our Credit with other Men ; and as an habit of being just to our Word will confirm, so an habit of too freely dispensing with it must necessarily destroy it.

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