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Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes invisible.
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Become Blacken Cuttlefish Disputant Himself Invisible Mind Unable Water
A man who has any relish for fine writing either discovers new beauties or receives stronger impressions from the masterly strokes of a great author every time he peruses him; besides that he naturally wears himself into the same manner of speaking and thinking.
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There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
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There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
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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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I Have often thought if the minds of men were laid open, we should see but little difference between that of the wise man and that of the fool.
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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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I never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings and strictly honest, who complained of hard luck.
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This not in mortals to command success, but we’ll do more, Sempronius, we’ll deserve it.
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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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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter
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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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I am wonderfully pleased when I meet with any passage in an old Greek or Latin author, that is not blown upon, and which I have never met with in any quotation.
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A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down with neglect on the censures and applauses of the multitude.
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To this end, nothing is to be more carefully consulted than plainness. In a lady’s attire this is the single excellence; for to be what some people call fine, is the same vice, in that case, as to be florid is in writing or speaking.
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