For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON
As no roads are so rough as those that have just been mended, so no sinners are so intolerant as those that have just turned saints.
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For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hate our success.
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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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Women that are the least bashful are often the most modest.
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It is not every man that can afford to wear a shabby coat.
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Attempts at reform, when they fail, strengthen despotism, as he that struggles tightens those cords he does not succeed in breaking.
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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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Constant success shows us but one side of the world; adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.
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He that has never known adversity is but half acquainted with others, or with himself.
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That is true beauty which has not only a substance, but a spirit; a beauty that we must intimately know, justly to appreciate.
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That is fine benevolence, finely executed, which, like the Nile, comes from hidden sources.
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Imitation is the highest form of flattery.
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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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It 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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Logic and metaphysics make use of more tools than all the rest of the sciences put together, and do the least work.
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