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.
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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According to this definition there is nothing so contradictory to his nature as error and falsehood.
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Love is a second life; it grows into the soul, warms every vein, and beats in every pulse.
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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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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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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.
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The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
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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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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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True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
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There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
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Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.
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Antidotes are what you take to prevent dotes.
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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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