A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down with neglect on the censures and applauses of the multitude.
JOSEPH ADDISONI never knew an early-rising, hard-working, prudent man, careful of his earnings and strictly honest, who complained of hard luck.
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Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
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Look what a little vain dust we are!
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An evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins.
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There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance
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It is not the business of virtue to extirpate the affections of the mind, but to regulate them.
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No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.
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That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her And imitates her actions where she is not: It is not to be sported with.
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I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.
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Our delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and improves in proportion to the application which we bestow upon it. Thus, what was at first an exercise becomes at length an entertainment.
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Love is a second life; it grows into the soul, warms every vein, and beats in every pulse.
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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
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