A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down with neglect on the censures and applauses of the multitude.
JOSEPH ADDISONHonour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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If men would consider not so much wherein they differ, as wherein they agree, there would be far less of uncharitableness and angry feeling in the world.
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They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.
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I am wonderfully pleased when I meet with any passage in an old Greek or Latin author, that is not blown upon, and which I have never met with in any quotation.
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What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.
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Our disputants put me in mind of the cuttlefish that, when he is unable to extricate himself, blackens the water about him till he becomes invisible.
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Mankind are more indebted to industry than ingenuity; the gods set up their favors at a price, and industry is the purchaser.
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Nature has laid out all her art in beautifying the face; she has touched it with vermilion, planted in it a double row of ivory, made it the seat of smiles and blushes, lighted it up and enlivened it with the brightness of the eyes.
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Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
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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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Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.
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Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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How is it possible for those who are men of honor in their persons, thus to become notorious liars in their party
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