There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
JOSEPH ADDISONOur real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
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Nature in her whole drama never drew such a part; she has sometimes made a fool, but a coxcomb is always of a man’s own making.
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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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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.
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Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
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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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There are infinite reveries, numberless extravagances, and a perpetual train of vanities which pass through both.
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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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Pedantry in learning is like hypocrisy inn religion–a form of knowledge without the power of it.
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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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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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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that’s the very next step to being dull.
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