Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
SAMUEL JOHNSONWhat ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn’t deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
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Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself.
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The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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A man who both spends and saves money is the happiest man, because he has both enjoyments.
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Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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A horse that can count to ten is a remarkable horse, not a remarkable mathematician.
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Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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The future is purchased by the present.
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There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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A man’s mind grows narrow in a narrow place.
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Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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