Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
JOSEPH ADDISONIf you wish to succeed in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother, and hope your guardian genius.
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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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Soon as the evening shades prevail, The moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the listening earth Repeats the story of her birth.
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The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.
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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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A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
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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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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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Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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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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I Have often thought if the minds of men were laid open, we should see but little difference between that of the wise man and that of the fool.
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Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel.
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In private conversation between intimate friends, the wisest men very often talk like the weakest : for indeed the talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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