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A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections

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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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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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Nature in her whole drama never drew such a part; she has sometimes made a fool, but a coxcomb is always of a man’s own making.
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Misery and ignorance are always the cause of great evils. Misery is easily excited to anger, and ignorance soon yields to perfidious counsels.
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How is it possible for those who are men of honor in their persons, thus to become notorious liars in their party
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The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
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It is not the business of virtue to extirpate the affections of the mind, but to regulate them.
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The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.
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Let freedom never perish in your hands.
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True benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation.
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When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I’m lost, in wonder, love and praise.
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Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.
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The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.
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Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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