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I Must Accommodate My History To The Hour: I May Presently Change, Not Only By Fortune, But Also By Intention.

Other People Do Not See You At All, But Guess At You By Uncertain Conjectures.

Tortures Are A Dangerous Invention, And Seem To Be A Test Of Endurance Rather Than Of Truth.

Experience Teaches That A Strong Memory Is Generally Joined To A Weak Judgment.

Books Are Pleasant, But If By Being Over-studious We Impair Our Health And Spoil Our Good Humour, Two Of The Best Things We Have, Let Us Give It Over. I, For My Part, Am One Of Those Who Think No Fruit Derived From Them Can Recompense So Great A Loss.