Fame is an undertaker that pays but little attention to the living, but bedizens the dead, furnishes out their funerals, and follows them to the grave
CHARLES CALEB COLTONAs the gout seems privileged to attack the bodies of the wealthy, so ennui seems to exert a similar prerogative over their minds.
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It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat.
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Body and mind, like man and wife, do not always agree to die together.
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The good opinion of our fellow men is the strongest, though not the purest motive to virtue.
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The acquirements of science maybe termed the armor of the mind.
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Pleasure is to women what the sun is to the flower; if moderately enjoyed, it beautifies, it refreshes, and it improves; if immoderately, it withers, deteriorates and destroys.
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Imitation is the highest form of flattery.
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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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Law and equity are two things which God has joined, but which man has put asunder.
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When you have nothing to say, say nothing; a weak defense strengthens your opponent, and silence is less injurious than a bad reply.
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It is not so difficult a task to plant new truths, as to root out old errors; for there is this paradox in men, they run after that which is new, but are prejudiced in favor of that which is old.
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Cruel men are the greatest lovers of Mercy, avaricious men of generosity, and proud men of humility; that is to say, in other, not in themselves.
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The poorest man would not part with health for money, but the richest would gladly part with all their money for health.
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It is easier to pretend to be what you are not than to hide what you really are; but he that can accomplish both has little to learn in hypocrisy.
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We may anticipate bliss, but who ever drank of that enchanted cup unalloved?
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Most females will forgive a liberty rather than a slight.
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