We may anticipate bliss, but who ever drank of that enchanted cup unalloved?
CHARLES CALEB COLTONWhen 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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God is as great in minuteness as He is in magnitude.
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Temperate men drink the most, because they drink the longest.
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Physicians must discover the weaknesses of the human mind, and even condescend to humor them, or they will never be called in to cure the infirmities of the body.
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True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
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Theories are private property, but truth is common stock.
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The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our life. But it is to be lamented that the most contemptible whisper may deprive us of the one, and the weakest weapon of the other.
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Butler compared the tongues of these eternal talkers to race-horses, which go the faster the less weight they carry.
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Discretion has been termed the better part of valour, and it is more certain, that diffidence is the better part of knowledge.
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Women do not transgress the bounds of decorum so often as men; but when they do, they go greater lengths.
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It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler dig the gold from the mine of literature, or to those who, like Paley, purify it, stamp it, fix its real value, and give it currency and utility.
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As that gallant can best affect a pretended passion for one woman who has no true love for another, so he that has no real esteem for any of the virtues can best assume the appearance of them all.
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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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There are male as well as female gossips.
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Honor is the most capricious in her rewards. She feeds us with air, and often pulls down our house, to build our monument.
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Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely and conciliate those you cannot conquer.
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