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The vanity of human life is like a river, constantly passing away, and yet constantly coming on.

Alexander Pope

Amusement is the happiness of those who cannot think.
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Happiness Thinking
A youth of frolic, an old age of cards.
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Age One Liner Youth
What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn’t much better than tedious disease.
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Anxiety Food Health Sick
There is but one way I know of conversing safely with all men; that is, not by concealing what we say or do, but by saying or doing nothing that deserves to be concealed.
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Deserve Men Myself Oneself Safety
Vice is a monster of so frightful mien As to be hated needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
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Endurance Face Hate Need See Vice
Get your enemy to read your works in order to mend them, for your friend is so much your second self that he will judge too like you.
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Enemy Friendship Judgement Work Yourself
It often happens that those are the best people whose characters have been most injured by slanderers: as we usually find that to be the sweetest fruit which the birds have been picking at.
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Best Character Deep Injury People
The world forgetting, by the world forgot. Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! Each pray’r accepted, and each wish resign’d
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Acceptance Forget Love Mindset Remember Sunshine
As the twig is bent, so grows the tree.
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Advice Deep Growth One Liner Tree Wisdom
True wit is nature to advantage dressed; What oft was thought, but ne’er so well expressed.
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Expression Nature True
To err is human; to forgive, divine.
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Divine Forgiveness Human Let Go One Liner
Who dare to love their country, and be poor.
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Country Daring Love Poor
Women use lovers as they do cards; they play with them a while, and when they have got all they can by them, throw them away, call for new ones, and then perhaps lose by the new all they got by the old ones.
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Lose Love Play Relationship Women
Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
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Education Learning Mindset Motivational Strength
Men must be taught as if you taught them not, and things unknown proposed as things forgot.
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Forget Men Wisdom
Charm strikes the sight, but merit wins the soul.
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Appearance Beautiful Character Soul Win

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