“I will never do this, says one, yet does it: I am resolved to do this, says another; but flags upon second Thoughts: Or does it, tho’ awkwardly, for his Word’s sake: As if it were worse to break his Word, than to do amiss in keeping it.”
― Fruits of Solitude: In Reflections and Maxims Relating to the Conduct of Human Life
― Fruits of Solitude: In Reflections and Maxims Relating to the Conduct of Human Life
“Those who know nothing of foreign languages know nothing of their own.”
― Maxims and Reflections
― Maxims and Reflections
“Wear none of thine own Chains; but keep free, whilst thou art free.”
― Fruits of Solitude: In Reflections and Maxims Relating to the Conduct of Human Life
― Fruits of Solitude: In Reflections and Maxims Relating to the Conduct of Human Life
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