Men of great and shining qualities do not always succeed in life, but the fault lies more often in themselves than in others.
CHARLES CALEB COLTONThe acquirements of science maybe termed the armor of the mind.
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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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Immitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
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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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There are male as well as female gossips.
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As 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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To dare to live alone is the rarest courage; since there are many who had rather meet their bitterest enemy in the field, than their own hearts in their closet.
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There is nothing more imprudent than excessive prudence.
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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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Let those who would affect singularity with success first determine to be very virtuous, and they will be sure to be very singular.
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Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.
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Cheerfulness ought to be the viaticum vitae of their life to the old; age without cheerfulness is a Lapland winter without a sun.
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The more gross the fraud the more glibly will it go down, and the more greedily be swallowed, since folly will always find faith where impostors will find imprudence.
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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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To cure us of our immoderate love of gain, we should seriously consider how many goods there are that money will not purchase, and these the best; and how many evils there are that money will not remedy, and these the worst.
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Honor is unstable and seldom the same; for she feeds upon opinion, and is as fickle as her food.
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