How is it possible for those who are men of honor in their persons, thus to become notorious liars in their party
JOSEPH ADDISONWhen a woman comes to her class, she does not employ her time in making herself look more advantageously what she really is, but endeavours to be as much another creature as she possibly can.
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To this end, nothing is to be more carefully consulted than plainness. In a lady’s attire this is the single excellence; for to be what some people call fine, is the same vice, in that case, as to be florid is in writing or speaking.
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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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A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
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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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A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
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There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
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The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
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Nature is full of wonders; every atom is a standing miracle, and endowed with such qualities, as could not be impressed on it by a power and wisdom less than infinite.
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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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Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
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True benevolence or compassion, extends itself through the whole of existence and sympathizes with the distress of every creature capable of sensation.
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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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Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves.
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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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Were a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
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