That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel?

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What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.

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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

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The Fear of Death often proves Mortal, and sets People on Methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.

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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.

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The fear of death often proves mortal, and sets people on methods to save their Lives, which infallibly destroy them.

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I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.

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To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man.

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The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight.

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Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a private station.

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