Happiness, that grand mistress of the ceremonies in the dance of life, impels us through all its mazes and meanderings, but leads none of us by the same route.
CHARLES CALEB COLTONThere are male as well as female gossips.
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The worst thing that can be said of the most powerful is that they can take your life; but the same can be said of the most weak.
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Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.
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Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.
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Silence is less injurious than a weak reply.
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A fool is often as dangerous to deal with as a knave, and always more incorrigible.
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We should not be too niggardly in our praise, for men will do more to support a character than to raise one.
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Times of great calamity and confusion have been productive for the greatest minds. The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace. The brightest thunder-bolt is elicited from the darkest storm.
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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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An Irish man fights before he reasons, a Scotchman reasons before he fights, an Englishman is not particular as to the order of precedence, but will do either to accommodate his customers.
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Men’s arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.
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There are male as well as female gossips.
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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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The family is the most basic unit of government. As the first community to which a person is attached and the first authority under which a person learns to live, the family establishes society’s most basic values.
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We may anticipate bliss, but who ever drank of that enchanted cup unalloved?
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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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