A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
JOSEPH ADDISONA contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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A good character, good habits and iron industry are impregnable to the assaults of all ill-luck that fools ever dreamed.
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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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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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Women were formed to temper Mankind, and sooth them into Tenderness and Compassion; not to set an Edge upon their Minds, and blowup in them those Passions which are too apt to rise of their own Accord.
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Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.
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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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A wealthy doctor who can help a poor man, and will not without a fee, has less sense of humanity than a poor ruffian, who kills a rich man to supply his necessities.
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Nature has laid out all her art in beautifying the face; she has touched it with vermilion, planted in it a double row of ivory, made it the seat of smiles and blushes, lighted it up and enlivened it with the brightness of the eyes.
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Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
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A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
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An evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins.
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Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition, but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express.
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According to this definition there is nothing so contradictory to his nature as error and falsehood.
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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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