Cheerfulness ought to be the viaticum vitae of their life to the old; age without cheerfulness is a Lapland winter without a sun.
CHARLES CALEB COLTONThe mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The mistakes of the wise man are known to himself, but not to the world.
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It is with antiquity as with ancestry, nations are proud of the one, and individuals of the other; but if they are nothing in themselves, that which is their pride ought to be their humiliation.
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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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Revenge is fever in our own blood, to be cured only by letting the blood of another; but the remedy too often produces a relapse, which is remorse–a malady far more dreadful than the first disease, because it is incurable.
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Liberty will not descend to a people; a people must raise themselves to liberty; it is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.
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What would you do if you knew for sure that no one would ever find out?
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Silence is foolish if we are wise, but wise if we are foolish.
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Men of great and shining qualities do not always succeed in life, but the fault lies more often in themselves than in others.
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Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride.
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Most females will forgive a liberty rather than a slight.
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He that studies only men will get the body of knowledge without the soul; and he that studies only books, the soul without the body.
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The head of dullness, unlike the tail of the torpedo, loses nothing of the benumbing and lethargizing influence by reiterated discharges.
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The Grecian’s maxim would indeed be a sweeping clause in Literature; it would reduce many a giant to a pygmy; many a speech to a sentence; and many a folio to a primer.
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It is astonishing how much more people are interested in lengthening life than improving it.
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Those that are the loudest in their threats are the weakest in their actions.
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If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself; all that runs over will be yours.
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