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Hannah Farnham Lee
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“Causes are often disproportioned to effects.”
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“Surely we ought to prize those friends on whose principles and opinions we may constantly rely — of whom we may say in all emergencies, 'I know what they would think.'”
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“... we learn truth from our enemies.”
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“The knowledge of ourselves is a difficult study, and we must be willing to borrow the eyes of our enemies to assist the investigation.”
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“A man who accustoms himself to buy superfluities, is often in want of necessaries.”
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“Avoid the law — the first loss is generally the least.”
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“No people complain so much of selfishness as the selfish.”
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“... a good nurse is of more importance than a physician.”
Hannah Farnham Lee, U.S. writer
(1780 - 1865)
Full name: Hannah Farnham Sawyer Lee.