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Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark

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Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.

Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they

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Things alter for the worse spontaneously, if they be not altered for the better designedly.

When he wrote a letter, he would put that which w

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When he wrote a letter, he would put that which was most material in the postscript, as if it had been a by-matter.

Chiefly the mold of a man's fortune is in his own

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Chiefly the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands.

So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the

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So if a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics; for in demonstrations, if his wit be called away never so little, he must begin again.

A man that is young in years may be old in hours,

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A man that is young in years may be old in hours, if he has lost no time.

Imagination was given to man to compensate him fo

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Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is.

Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers a

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Boldness is ever blind, for it sees not dangers and inconveniences whence it is bad in council though good in execution.

He that will not apply new remedies must expect n

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He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.

Prosperity is not without many fears and distaste

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Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes.

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