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The fool is willing to pay for anything but wisdom. No man buys that of which he supposes himself to have an abundance already.

— William Gilmore Simms

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The only rational liberty is that which is born of subjection, reared in the fear of God and the love of man.

Most men remember obligations, but not often to be grateful; the proud are made sour by the remembrance, and the vain silent.

It should console us for the fact that sin has not totally disappeared from the world, that the saints are not wholly deprived of employment.

There is no doubt such a thing as chance, but I see no reason why Providence should not make use of it.

The only true source of politeness is consideration.

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