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Aphorisms and Reflections: A Miscellany of Thought and Opinion

This work is a compilation of aphorisms and reflective essays that explore a wide range of topics. The author's thoughtful observations are presented in a concise and accessible manner, inviting readers to contemplate the complexities of the human experience. more

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William Benton Clulow

William Benton Clulow was an individual of unknown profession who lived from 1802 to 1882. His life and achievements are currently limited in available information, and further research is needed to uncover details about his career and contributions. more

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“I would rather be the author of one original thought than conqueror of a hundred battles. Yet moral excellence is so much superior to intellectual, that I ought to esteem one virtue more valuable than a hundred original thoughts.”

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“After upwards of two thousand years Epicurus has been exonerated from the reproach that the doctrines of his philosophy recommended the pleasures of sensuality and voluptuousness as the chief good. Calumny may rest on genius a considerable part of a world's duration; what then is the value of fame?”

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“The ancient practice of allowing land to remain fallow for a season is now exploded, and a succession of different crops found preferable. The case is similar with regard to the understanding, which is more relieved by change of study than by total inactivity.”

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“Many of the finest and most interesting emotions perish forever, because too complex and fugitive for expression. Of all things relating to man, his feelings are perhaps the most evanescent, the greater part dying in the moment of their birth. But while emotions perish, thought blended in diction is immortal.”

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