The company of fools may first make us smile, but in the end we always feel melancholy.
OLIVER GOLDSMITHOn the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, ‘Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
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Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.
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As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease.
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Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.
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Life is a journey that must be traveled no matter how bad the roads and accommodations.
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They say women and music should never be dated.
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Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss!
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I love everything that’s old, – old friends, old times, old manners, old books, old wine.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
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On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, ‘Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
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You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
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All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little.
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Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
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When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away?
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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art raw.
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