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Be as careful of the books you read, as of the company you keep, for your habits and character will be as much influenced by the former as the latter.
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Weeds grow sometimes very much like flowers, and you can't tell the difference between true and false merely by the shape.
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The eyes of a man are of no use without the observing power. Telescopes and microscopes are cunning contrivances, but they cannot see of themselves.
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When we advance a little into life, we find that the tongue of man creates nearly all the mischief of the world.
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Edwin Paxton Hood
Born:
1820
Died:
June 12, 1885
(aged 65)
Bio:
Edwin Paxton Hood was an English nonconformist and author.
Known for:
The Age And Its Architects
Lamps, Pitchers And Trumpets (1867)
Robert Hall (1881)
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