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Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.

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There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.
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Animal Man Proud Universe
However exquisitely human nature may have been described by writers, the true practical system can be learned only in the world.
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The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
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Nothing more aggravates ill success than the near approach of good.
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It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.
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Now in reality, the world has paid too great a compliment to critics, and has imagined them to be men of much greater profundity than they really are.
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Good-breeding is not confined to externals, much less to any particular dress or attitude of the body; it is the art of pleasing, or contributing as much as possible to the ease and happiness of those with whom you converse.
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Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.
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Handsome is that handsome does.
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A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
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Tea! The panacea for everything from weariness to a cold to a murder Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
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Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.
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It is not enough that your designs, nay that your actions, are intrinsically good, you must take care they shall appear so.
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Where the law ends tyranny begins.
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Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.
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