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The chains of...

The chains of...

The chains of habit are generally too small to be felt until they are too strong to be...

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Pleasure is very...

Pleasure is very...

Pleasure is very seldom found where it is sought; our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected...

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Prepare for death,...

Prepare for death,...

Prepare for death, if here at night you roam,
And sign your will before you sup from...

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Surely life, if...

Surely life, if...

Surely life, if it be not long, is tedious, since we are forced to call in the assistance of so many trifles to rid us...

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The vanity of...

The vanity of...

The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose...

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They are forced...

They are forced...

They are forced plants, raised in a hot-bed; and they are poor plants; they are but cucumbers after...

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The usual fortune...

The usual fortune...

The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.

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There can be...

There can be...

There can be no friendship without confidence, an no confidence without integrity.

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To the strongest...

To the strongest...

To the strongest and quickest mind, it is far easier to learn than to invent.

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We love to...

We love to...

We love to overlook the boundaries which we do not wish to pass.

Source: Rambler,...

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Why, Sir, most...

Why, Sir, most...

Why, Sir, most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things.

Source:...

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Your levellers wish...

Your levellers wish...

Your levellers wish to level down as far as themselves; but they cannot bear levelling up to...

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You may abuse...

You may abuse...

You may abuse a tragedy, though you cannot write one. You may scold a carpenter who has made you a bad table, though...

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In my early...

In my early...

In my early years I read very hard. It is a sad reflection, but a true one, that I knew almost as much at eighteen as...

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Keeping accounts, Sir,...

Keeping accounts, Sir,...

Keeping accounts, Sir, is of no use when a man is spending his own money, and has nobody to whom he is to account. ...

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I would be...

I would be...

I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an...

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Is not a...

Is not a...

Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and, when he has...

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It is unjust...

It is unjust...

It is unjust to claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings of childhood.

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Nay, Madam, when...

Nay, Madam, when...

Nay, Madam, when you are declaiming, declaim; and when you are calculating, calculate.

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Second Marriage: the...

Second Marriage: the...

Second Marriage: the triumph of hope over experience.

Source: In Webster's...

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