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The world is but a perpetual see-saw.[][]
Hath God obliged himself not to exceed the bounds of our knowledge?[][]
As an enemy is made more fierce by our flight, so Pain grows proud to see us knuckle under it. She will surrender upon much better terms to those who make head against her.[][]
My trade and art is to live.[][]
'Tis the sharpness of our mind that gives the edge to our pains and pleasures.[][]
One may be humble out of pride.[][]
I do myself a greater injury in lying than I do him of whom I tell a lie.[][]
Confidence in the goodness of another is good proof of one's own goodness.[][]
Death, they say, acquits us of all obligations.[][]
If you don't know how to die, don't worry; Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you; don't bother your head about it.[][]
It is not death, it is dying that alarms me.[][]
Even on the most exalted throne in the world we areonly sitting on our own bottom.[][]
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