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In the eye of that Supreme Being to whom our whole internal frame is uncovered, dispositions hold the place of actions.

— Hugh Blair Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

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The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

It frequently happens that where the second line is sublime, the third, in which he meant to rise still higher, is perfectly bombast.

Dissimulation in youth is the forerunner of perfidy in old age; its first appearance is the fatal omen of growing depravity and future shame.

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Between levity and cheerfulness there is a wide distinction; and the mind which is most open to levity is frequently a stranger to cheerfulness.

Charity, like the sun, brightens every object on which it shines.

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It is not for human judgment to dive into the heart of man, to know whether his intentions are good or evil.

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The plaintiff cannot dive into the secret recesses of his (the defendant's) heart.

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Iago's soliloquy—the motive-hunting of a motiveless malignity—how awful it is!

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We must judge of a man's motives from his overt acts.

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