Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves.
JOSEPH ADDISONOne may know a man that never conversed in the world, by his excess of good-breeding.
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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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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
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There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
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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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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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There is noting truly valuable which can be purchased without pains and labor. The gods have set a price upon every real and noble pleasure.
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There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance
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Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
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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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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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There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion.
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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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There are infinite reveries, numberless extravagances, and a perpetual train of vanities which pass through both.
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Temperance gives nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.
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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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