The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship.
JOSEPH ADDISONMisery 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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Honor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
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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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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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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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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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Hunting is not a proper employment for a thinking man.
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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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Temperance gives nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.
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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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On you, my lord, with anxious fear I wait, and from your judgment must expect my fate.
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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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Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.
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There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
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There is not any present moment that is unconnected with some future one. The life of every man is a continued chain of incidents, each link of which hangs upon the former.
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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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