"There is but one step from the Academy to the Fad."

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"It is not he who gains the exact point in dispute who scores most in controversy -- but he who has shown the better temper."

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"A skilful leech is better far, than half a hundred men of war."

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"The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too."

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"He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us."

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"Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint."

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"All progress is based upon a universal innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income."

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"Don't learn to do, but learn in doing. Let your falls not be on a prepared ground, but let them be bona fide falls in the rough and tumble of the world."

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"The public do not know enough to be experts, but know enough to decide between them."

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"What is faith but a kind of betting or speculation after all? It should be, I bet that my Redeemer liveth."

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