A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
SAMUEL JOHNSONExert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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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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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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When there is no hope, there can be no endeavor.
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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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Slander is the revenge of a coward, and dissimulation of his defense.
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No man was ever great by imitation.
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Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
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Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Exert your talents, and distinguish yourself, and don’t think of retiring from the world, until the world will be sorry that you retire.
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To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
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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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