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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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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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Arise Bless Blessing Contented Enjoy Great Happiness Men Mind Present Subduing
It is ridiculous for any man to criticize on the works of another, who has not distinguished himself by his own performances.
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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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I 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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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
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There is noting truly valuable which can be purchased without pains and labor. The gods have set a price upon every real and noble pleasure.
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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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Were a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
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A wealthy doctor who can help a poor man, and will not without a fee, has less sense of humanity than a poor ruffian, who kills a rich man to supply his necessities.
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The great difference is, that the first knows how to pick and cull his thoughts for conversation, by suppressing some, and communicating others; whereas the other lets them all indifferently fly out in words.
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I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.
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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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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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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down with neglect on the censures and applauses of the multitude.
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