There are many more shining qualities in the mind of man, but there is none so useful as discretion.
JOSEPH ADDISONWhen all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I’m lost, in wonder, love and praise.
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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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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 not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
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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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A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down with neglect on the censures and applauses of the multitude.
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The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.
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Honour’s a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind’s distinguishing perfection
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it would generally be found that he had suffered more from the apprehension of such evils as never happened to him than from those evils which had really befallen him.
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Look what a little vain dust we are!
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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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It is ridiculous for any man to criticize on the works of another, who has not distinguished himself by his own performances.
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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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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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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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