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Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments.

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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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Goodness Measurement Treat True
Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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Argument Myself Understand Yourself
Curiosity is one of the most permanent and certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.
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Character Curiosity Intellectual Oneself
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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Fools Love Wisdom
When any calamity is suffered, the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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Adversity Escape Remember Suffering
Men more frequently require to be reminded than informed.
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Information Man Reminder
Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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Happiness Nature
The misery of man proceeds not from any single crush of overwhelming evil, but from small vexations continually repeated.
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Evil Man Misery Repeat
Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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Object Possible Try
Grief is a species of idleness.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Born Children Grief One Liner Wasted Time
When once the forms of civility are violated, there remains little hope of return to kindness or decency.
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Break Hope Kindness Return Rule Violence
Fraud and falsehood only dread examination. Truth invites it.
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Exam Fake Invitation Truth
A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
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Expression Greatness Himself Hope Man Meaning World
All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.
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Advantage Better Country Enjoyment Himself Improvement Learning Travel Visit Worst
What 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.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Best Deserve Ignorance Insult Motivational Punishment
The Irish are a fair people: They never speak well of one another.
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Oneself People Talk Well

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