Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
JOSEPH ADDISONWhen a woman comes to her class, she does not employ her time in making herself look more advantageously what she really is, but endeavours to be as much another creature as she possibly can.
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We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that’s the very next step to being dull.
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
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Our delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and improves in proportion to the application which we bestow upon it. Thus, what was at first an exercise becomes at length an entertainment.
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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
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One of the most important but one of the most difficult things for a powerful mind is to be its own master.
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Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
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When I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves,
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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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What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
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Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.
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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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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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