The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.
JOSEPH ADDISONNature 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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Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.
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He who would pass his declining years with honor and comfort, should, when young, consider that he may one day become old, and remember when he is old, that he has once been young.
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All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter
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Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
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The voice of reason is more to be regarded than the bent of any present inclination; since inclination will at length come over to reason, though we can never force reason to comply with inclination.
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I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.
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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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This not in mortals to command success, but we’ll do more, Sempronius, we’ll deserve it.
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Look what a little vain dust we are!
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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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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.
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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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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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