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A reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure until he knows whether the writer of it be a black man or a fair man, of...
Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and...
If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow...
The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which...
Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
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There is not any present moment that is unconnected with some future one. The life of every man is a continued chain...
A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope...
Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and...
Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.
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Knowledge is that which, next to virtue, truly raises one person above another.
A good conscience is to the soul what health is to the body; it preserves constant ease and serenity within us; and...
Many persons have a wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but...
Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it be...
A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, and his next to escape the censures of the...
Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail...
A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants . . .
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Music, the greatest good that mortals know, And all of heaven we have below.
There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch.
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Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.
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