One may know a man that never conversed in the world, by his excess of good-breeding.
JOSEPH ADDISONKnowledge is, indeed, that which, next to virtue, truly and essentially raises one man above another.
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Silence is sometimes more significant and sublime than the most noble and most expressive eloquence, and is on many occasions the indication of a great mind.
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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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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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Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
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Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.
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According to this definition there is nothing so contradictory to his nature as error and falsehood.
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Our delight in any particular study, art, or science rises and improves in proportion to the application which we bestow upon it. Thus, what was at first an exercise becomes at length an entertainment.
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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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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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We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that’s the very next step to being dull.
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Nature has laid out all her art in beautifying the face; she has touched it with vermilion, planted in it a double row of ivory, made it the seat of smiles and blushes, lighted it up and enlivened it with the brightness of the eyes.
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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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What an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.
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Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.
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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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