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Sir, that all...

Sir, that all...

Sir, that all who are happy, are equally happy, is not true. A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied, but...

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The world will...

The world will...

The world will never be long without some good reason to hate the unhappy; their real faults are immediately detected,...

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Much may be...

Much may be...

Much may be made of a Scotchman, if he be caught young.

Source: Referring to Lord...

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Marriage has many...

Marriage has many...

Marriage has many pains, but celibacy has no pleasures.

Source: Rasselas, Ch....

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Promise, large promise,...

Promise, large promise,...

Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.

Source: The Idler, in...

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Round numbers are...

Round numbers are...

Round numbers are always false.

Source: Life of Johnson, (J. Boswell), Vol....

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So long as...

So long as...

So long as a person is capable of self-renewal they are a living being.

Source:...

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The philosopher is...

The philosopher is...

The philosopher is like a man fasting in the midst of universal intoxication. He alone perceives the illusion of which...

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There is no...

There is no...

There is no curing a sick man who believes himself in health.

Source: Journal, 6...

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OPERA, n. A...

OPERA, n. A...

OPERA, n. A play representing life in another world, whose inhabitants have no speech but song, no motions but...

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We grow tired...

We grow tired...

We grow tired of everything but turning others into ridicule, and congratulating ourselves on their...

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ENVY, n. Emulation...

ENVY, n. Emulation...

ENVY, n. Emulation adapted to the meanest capacity.

Source: The Devil's Dictionary,...

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HEART, n. Figuratively,...

HEART, n. Figuratively,...

HEART, n. Figuratively, this useful organ is said to be the seat of emotions and sentiments . . . . It is now known...

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INFALAPSARIAN, n. One...

INFALAPSARIAN, n. One...

INFALAPSARIAN, n. One who ventures to believe that Adam need not have sinned unless he had a mind to -- in opposition...

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P G Wodehouse: New York is...

P G Wodehouse: New York is...

New York is a small place when it comes to the part of it that wakes up just as the rest is going to...

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Christopher Morley: Read, every day,...

Christopher Morley: Read, every day,...

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day,...

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E M Forster: Happiness in the...

E M Forster: Happiness in the...

Happiness in the ordinary sense is not what one needs in life, though one is right to aim at it. The true...

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E M Forster: Works of art,...

E M Forster: Works of art,...

Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why,...

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E M Forster: The traveller who...

E M Forster: The traveller who...

The traveller who has gone to Italy to study the tactile values of Giotto, or the corruption of the Papacy, may return...

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Thomas Wolfe: The notion that...

Thomas Wolfe: The notion that...

The notion that the public accepts or rejects anything in modern art is merely romantic fiction. The game is completed...

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