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Men make it such a point of honour to be fit for business that they forget to examine whether business is fit for a man.
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750)
The People are never so perfectly backed, but that they will kick and fling if not stroked at seasonable times.
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750)
Anger is never without an Argument, but seldom with a good one.
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750)
Men are so unwilling to displease a Prince, that it is as dangerous to inform him right, as to serve him wrong.
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750)
Nothing is less forgiven than setting Patterns Men have no mind to follow.
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750)
Men are not hang'd for stealing Horses, but that Horses may not be stolen.
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750)
The first mistake belonging to business is the going into it.
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750)
The condition of mankind is to be weary of what we do know, and afraid of what we do not.
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750)
The best way to suppose what may come, is to remember what is past.
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750)
A Man who is Master of Patience, is Master of everything else.
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750)
When the People contend for their Liberty, they seldom get any thing by their Victory but new Masters.
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750)
Most Mens' Anger about Religion is as if two Men should quarrel for a Lady they neither of them care for.
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750)
Nothing would more contribute to make a Man wise, than to have always an Enemy in his view.
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750)
Popularity is a Crime from the Moment it is sought ; it is only a Virtue where Men have it whether they will or no.
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750)
If the Laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the Lawyers in the first Place.
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750)
MANY Men swallow the being cheated, but no Man could ever endure to chew it.
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750)
A man that should call every thing by its right Name, would hardly pass the Streets without being knock'd down as a common Enemy.
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750)
Malice is of a low Stature, but it hath very long Arms.
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750)
Men who borrow their Opinions can never repay their Debts. They are Beggars by Nature, and can therefore never get a Stock to grow rich upon.
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750)
Laws are generally not understood by three sorts of persons, viz. by those who make them, by those who execute them, and by those who suffer, if they break them.
Political, Moral, and Miscellaneous Reflections (1750)