Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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Wit and wisdom are born with a man.

Table Talk. Learning.

Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak.

Table Talk. Learning.

Take a straw and throw it up into the air,—you may see by that which way the wind is.

Table Talk. Libels.

Philosophy is nothing but discretion.

Table Talk. Philosophy.

Marriage is a desperate thing.

Table Talk. Marriage.