Look what a little vain dust we are!
JOSEPH ADDISONThe 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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There is noting truly valuable which can be purchased without pains and labor. The gods have set a price upon every real and noble pleasure.
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There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
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Nature 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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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
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A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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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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What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.
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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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Honor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
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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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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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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
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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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Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.
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A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
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Jesters do often prove prophets.
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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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Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
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There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion.
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According to this definition there is nothing so contradictory to his nature as error and falsehood.
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Evil may at some future period bring forth good; and good may bring forth evil, both equally unexpected.
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