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.
JOSEPH ADDISONWomen were formed to temper Mankind, and sooth them into Tenderness and Compassion; not to set an Edge upon their Minds, and blowup in them those Passions which are too apt to rise of their own Accord.
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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
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All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter
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When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
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This not in mortals to command success, but we’ll do more, Sempronius, we’ll deserve it.
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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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I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes.
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Love, anger, pride and avarice all visibly move in those little orbs.
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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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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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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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The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.
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The transition from cause to effect, from event to event, is often carried on by secret steps, which our foresight cannot divine, and our sagacity is unable to trace.
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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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