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Reptilian green the wrinkled throat, Green as a bough of yew the beard; He bent his head, and so I smote

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William Gilmore Simms

The apothegm is the most portable form of Truth. . . . It is thus that the proverb answers where the sermon fails, as a well-charged pistol will do more execution than a whole barrel of gunpowder idly expended in the air.

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The amiable is a duty most certainly, but must not be exercised at the expense of any of the virtues. He who seeks to do the amiable always, can only be successful at the frequent expense of his manhood.

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Revelation may not need the help of reason, but man does, even when in possession of revelation. Reason may be described as the candle in the man's hand, to which revelation brings the necessary flame.

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Philosophy is reason with the eyes of the soul.

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To make punishments efficacious, two things are necessary. They must never be disproportioned to the offence, and they must be certain.

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Have I done anything for society? I have then done more for myself. Let that question and truth be always present to thy mind, and work without cessation.

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