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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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No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.
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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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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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A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
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Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
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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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Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
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The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship.
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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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If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches which are not due to them, they likewise receive praises which they do not deserve.
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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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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
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Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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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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I shall endeavor to enliven morality with wit, and to temper wit with morality.
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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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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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The only way therefore to try a Piece of Wit, is to translate it into a different Language: If it bears the Test you may pronounceit true; but if it vanishes in the Experiment you may conclude it to have been a Punn.
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Certain is it that there is no kind of affection so purely angelic as of a father to a daughter. In love to our wives there is desire; to our sons, ambition, but to our daughters there is something which there are no words to express.
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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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When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I’m lost, in wonder, love and praise.
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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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There is not any present moment that is unconnected with some future one. The life of every man is a continued chain of incidents, each link of which hangs upon the former.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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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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A good character, good habits and iron industry are impregnable to the assaults of all ill-luck that fools ever dreamed.
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