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"Parsimony is enough to make the master of the golden mines as poor as he that has nothing; for a man may be brought to a morsel of bread by parsimony as well as profusion."
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Henry Home, Lord KamesMen are guided less by conscience than by glory; and yet the shortest — Henry Home, Lord Kames
"Men are guided less by conscience than by glory; and yet the shortest way to glory is to be guided by conscience."
Men are guided less by conscience than by glory; and yet the shortest way to glory is to be guided by conscience.
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Henry Home, Lord Kames
Henry Home, Lord Kames
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Henry Home, Lord Kames was a Scottish writer, philosopher and judge who played a major role in Scotland's Agricultural Revolution. A central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, he was a founding member of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh and active in The Select Society. Home acted as patron to some of the most influential thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment, including philosopher David
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Henry Home, Lord Kames was a Scottish writer, philosopher and judge who played a major role in Scotland's Agricultural Revolution. A central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment, he was a founding member of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh and active in The Select Society. Home acted as patron to some of the most influential thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment, including philosopher David
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"Many shining actions owe their success to chance though the general or statesman runs away with the applause."
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"Light is no less favorable to merit than unfavorable to imposture."
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"A great mind will neither give an affront nor bear it."
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"Great wants proceed from great wealth; but they are undutiful children, for they sink wealth down to poverty."
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"Violent passions are formed in solitude. In the bustle of the world no object has time to make a deep impression."
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