Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth.
JOSEPH ADDISONIf 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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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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There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion.
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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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Nature is full of wonders; every atom is a standing miracle, and endowed with such qualities, as could not be impressed on it by a power and wisdom less than infinite.
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There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
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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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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
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Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
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Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.
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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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Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel.
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Whether this happens because they stay so long and attend their work so diligently that they forget the faces and persons, which they first sat down with, or whatever it is, they seldom rise from the toilet the same woman they appeared when they began to dress
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