"Nothing would more contribute to make a Man wise, than to have always an Enemy in his view."

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“A Man who is Master of Patience, is Master of everything else.”

“When the People contend for their Liberty, they seldom get any thing by their Victory but new Masters.”

“A man that should call every thing by its right Name, would hardly pass the Streets without being knock'd down as a common Enemy.”

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“Anger is never without an Argument, but seldom with a good one.”

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