The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.
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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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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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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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship.
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Were a man’s sorrows and disquietudes summed up at the end of his life.
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Love is a second life; it grows into the soul, warms every vein, and beats in every pulse.
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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
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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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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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Misery and ignorance are always the cause of great evils. Misery is easily excited to anger, and ignorance soon yields to perfidious counsels.
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According to this definition there is nothing so contradictory to his nature as error and falsehood.
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I Have often thought if the minds of men were laid open, we should see but little difference between that of the wise man and that of the fool.
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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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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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