Edward Counsel Quotes

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The proof of words are sometimes the effect of them on others; words are not proofs without effect.

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Praise increases where the excellence is attained but by few.

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A good knowledge of things past is an armour against events to come.

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The greatest trespasser on justice still wishes it done to him.

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Worldly happiness is like a golden palace, but with no entrance.

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We disgrace wisdom when we would strive to support it with folly.

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Life is but a field which we soon travel over, and the vale of eternity presents itself.

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Great increase of prosperity sometimes weakens the supports of it.

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Education and time may improve and augment the uses of truth, but cannot alter the structure, which is ever the same — as proceeding from the Eternal.

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Prejudice is the glass through which most things are seen and judged.

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Wants, like birds, flutter till they have found a place of rest.

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He deserves to be fortune's favorite who can use her gifts with an even hand.

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Wars of pen and ink often lead to wars of cannon and bayonets.

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War is a severe doctor; but it sometimes heals grievances.

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Health will generally attend thee well if thou attend it well.

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Fortune may flatter us, but she herself is not to be flattered.

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Truth, like good medicine, is oftentimes repugnant to our present feelings, but gives vigour afterwards.

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Friends mostly test other's prosperity by their own; all wealth is but comparison of wealth.

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Opinions, like weapons, are often made for defense as well as offense.

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