Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
JOSEPH ADDISONThat aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her And imitates her actions where she is not: It is not to be sported with.
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That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her And imitates her actions where she is not: It is not to be sported with.
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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling in the world.
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves.
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No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.
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Nature is full of wonders; every atom is a standing miracle, and endowed with such qualities, as could not be impressed on it by a power and wisdom less than infinite.
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They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.
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It is ridiculous for any man to criticize on the works of another, who has not distinguished himself by his own performances.
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Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.
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The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.
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Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.
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Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
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