There is this difference between happiness and wisdom; he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.
CHARLES CALEB COLTONAs the gout seems privileged to attack the bodies of the wealthy, so ennui seems to exert a similar prerogative over their minds.
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For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success.
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The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age.
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God is as great in minuteness as He is in magnitude.
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He that dies a martyr proves that he was not a knave, but by no means that he was not a fool.
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He that is good will infallibly become better, and he that is bad will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue, and time are three things that never stand still.
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When you have nothing to say, say nothing.
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Make no enemies; he is insignificant indeed that can do thee no harm.
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As that gallant can best affect a pretended passion for one woman who has no true love for another, so he that has no real esteem for any of the virtues can best assume the appearance of them all.
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None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation.
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He that has never known adversity is but half acquainted with others, or with himself.
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The more gross the fraud the more glibly will it go down, and the more greedily be swallowed, since folly will always find faith where impostors will find imprudence.
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The worst thing that can be said of the most powerful is that they can take your life; but the same can be said of the most weak.
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Wit may do very well for a mistress, but I should prefer reason for a wife.
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To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to know its pleasures, we must go to those who are seeking it: the pains of power are real, its pleasures imaginary.
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Bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret.
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