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The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.

Joseph Addison

When a woman comes to her class, she does not employ her time in making herself look more advantageously what she really is, but endeavours to be as much another creature as she possibly can.
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Advantageously Class Come Employ Long Maturity Really Women
There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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Faith Morality Nothing Observance Strength
There is something very sublime, though very fanciful, in Plato’s description of the Supreme Being,–that truth is His body and light His shadow.
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Being Error Fanciful Plato Something Supreme Truth Very
Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.
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Beget Cheerfulness Get Health Inspirational Well Yoga
There is not a more pleasing exercise of the mind than gratitude. It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance
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Accompanied Exercise Gratitude Inward Pleasing Satisfaction Thank You Thankful
Temperance gives nature her full play, and enables her to exert herself in all her force and vigor.
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Exert Force Full Giving Nature Play Temperance Vigor
There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion.
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Discretion Man Mind Quality Shining Useful
Mankind are more indebted to industry than ingenuity; the gods set up their favors at a price, and industry is the purchaser.
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Favor Important Industry Ingenuity Mankind Purchaser
A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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Aggravation Always Consider Literature Man
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
Wit is the fetching of congruity out of incongruity.
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Fetch Incongruity Out Wit
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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Expression Mind Most Noble Significance Silence Sometimes Sublime
Hung it on each side with curious organs of sense, given it airs and graces that cannot be described, and surrounded it with such a flowing shade of hair as sets all its beauties in the most agreeable light.
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Agreeable Describe Each Follow Give Grace Light Organ Set Side Surround
A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down with neglect on the censures and applauses of the multitude.
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Applause Down Greatness Look Multitude Neglect Soul
There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
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Beauty Directly Inspirational More Soul
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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Assault Character Dream Good Habit Impregnable Iron
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
A wealthy doctor who can help a poor man, and will not without a fee, has less sense of humanity than a poor ruffian, who kills a rich man to supply his necessities.
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Doctors Humanity Kill Man Men Poor Ruffian Wealthy
I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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Astonishment Competition Debate FAction Mankind Reflect Sorrow
Admiration is a very short lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it still be fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view.
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Admire Discover Familiar Fresh Grow Immediately Life Object Passion Respect Upon
We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that’s the very next step to being dull.
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Dull Next People Serious Step Stupid
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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Different Language Only Piece Translate Trying
Look what a little vain dust we are!
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Dust Little Look Visible
Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. As by the one, health is preserved, strengthened, and invigorated: by the other, virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed.
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Book Exercise Mind Read Reading Strengthened
Were I to prescribe a rule for drinking, it should be formed upon a saying quoted by Sir William Temple: the first glass for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the fourth for mine enemies.
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Drinking Enemy Form Glasses Prescribe Quote Say
A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
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Care First Heart Man Reproach
What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.
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Education Inspiring Marble Motivational Scripture

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