
I know no evil so great as the abuse of the understanding, and yet there is no one vice more common.
Richard Steele
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I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an exception.
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Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take place of pleasures, profits, and all other private gratifications. Whoever wants this motive, is an open enemy, or an inglorious neuter to mankind, in proportion to the misapplied advantages with which nature and fortune have blessed him.
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