In death itself there can be nothing terrible, for the act of death annihilates sensation; but there are many roads to death, and some of them justly formidable, even to the bravest.
CHARLES CALEB COLTONWhen you have nothing to say, say nothing.
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Eloquence is the language of nature, and cannot be learned in the schools; but rhetoric is the creature of art, which he who feels least will most excel in.
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It is good to act as if. It is even better to grow to the point where it is no longer an act.
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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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There were moments of despondency when Shakespeare thought himself no poet, and Raphael no painter; when the greatest wits have doubted the excellence of their happiest efforts.
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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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It is astonishing how much more people are interested in lengthening life than improving it.
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Pain may be said to follow pleasure as its shadow; but the misfortune is that in this particular case, the substance belongs to the shadow, the emptiness to its cause.
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Pride requires very costly food-its keeper’s happiness.
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Bed is a bundle of paradoxes: we go to it with reluctance, yet we quit it with regret.
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None are so fond of secrets as those who do not mean to keep them.
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Hope is a prodigal young heir, and experience is his banker.
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If merited, no courage can stand against its just indignation.
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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 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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There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter.
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