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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.

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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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Hung it on each side with curious organs of sense, given it airs and graces that cannot be described, and surrounded it with such a flowing shade of hair as sets all its beauties in the most agreeable light.
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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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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.
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When I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves,
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Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.
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Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
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In private conversation between intimate friends, the wisest men very often talk like the weakest : for indeed the talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
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Evil may at some future period bring forth good; and good may bring forth evil, both equally unexpected.
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When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I’m lost, in wonder, love and praise.
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I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes.
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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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What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.
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One of the most important but one of the most difficult things for a powerful mind is to be its own master.
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He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.
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There is something very sublime, though very fanciful, in Plato’s description of the Supreme Being,–that truth is His body and light His shadow.
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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world; and if in the present life his happiness arises from the subduing of his desires, it will arise in the next from the gratification of them.
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The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.
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There are infinite reveries, numberless extravagances, and a perpetual train of vanities which pass through both.
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What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life’s pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.
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The transition from cause to effect, from event to event, is often carried on by secret steps, which our foresight cannot divine, and our sagacity is unable to trace.
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