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Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week.

Joseph Addison

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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Beautiful Epitaph Grief Hear Incardinate King Meet Parent Tombstone Upon
Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
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Body Cheerfulness Friendly Happiness Health Inspiration Mind Promoter
True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
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Arise Conversation Enjoyment Friendship Happiness One Self Talking
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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Animal Capable Compassion Creature Distress Philanthropy Sympathize
Knowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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Above Another Essential Knowledge Man Men Next Raise
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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Arise Bless Blessing Contented Enjoy Great Happiness Men Mind Present Subduing
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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Always Evil Great Ignorance Misery Yield
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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Honor Liar Men Notorious Party Possibly
A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
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Care First Heart Man Reproach
Look what a little vain dust we are!
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Dust Little Look Visible
That aids and strengthens virtue where it meets her And imitates her actions where she is not: It is not to be sported with.
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Action Aid Imitate Meet Sport Strength
Artificial intelligence will never be a match for natural stupidity.
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Artificially Intelligence Natural People Stupid
Whether this happens because they stay so long and attend their work so diligently that they forget the faces and persons, which they first sat down with, or whatever it is, they seldom rise from the toilet the same woman they appeared when they began to dress
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Appear Attend Began Diligently Down Face Forget Happen Lomg Person Seldom
No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.
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Another Appreciation Burden Someone Thank You Volunteer World
Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.
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Change Fool Funny Inspirational Men Nature Ride
Women were formed to temper Mankind, and sooth them into Tenderness and Compassion; not to set an Edge upon their Minds, and blowup in them those Passions which are too apt to rise of their own Accord.
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Blow Compassion Edge Form Mind Passion Temper Tenderness Women

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