Some persons will tell you, with an air of the miraculous, that they recovered although they were given over; whereas they might with more reason have said, they recovered because they were given over.
CHARLES CALEB COLTONIt may be observed of good writing, as of good blood, that it is much easier to say what it is composed of than to compose it.
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To admit that there is any such thing as chance, in the common acceptation of the term, would be to attempt to establish a power independent of God.
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Our minds are as different as our faces. We are all traveling to one destination: happiness, but few are going by the same road.
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We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.
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God will excuse our prayers for ourselves whenever we are prevented from them by being occupied in such good works as to entitle us to the prayers of others.
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None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them; such persons covet secrets as a spendthrift covets money, for the purpose of circulation.
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War is a game in which princes seldom win, the people never.
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Wealth after all is a relative thing since he that has little and wants less is richer than he that has much and wants more.
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Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return to them again and again for, like true friends, they will never fail us – never cease to instruct – never cloy.
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Pedantry prides herself on being wrong by rules; while common sense is contented to be right without them.
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There are both dull correctness and piquant carelessness; it is needless to say which will command the most readers and have the most influence.
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A house may draw visitors, but it is the possessor alone that can detain them.
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The excesses of our youth are drafts upon our old age.
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We may anticipate bliss, but who ever drank of that enchanted cup unalloved?
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Wit may do very well for a mistress, but I should prefer reason for a wife.
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Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books.
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