Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.
JOSEPH ADDISONI 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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Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.
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All well-regulated families set apart an hour every morning for tea and bread and butter
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Honor’s a fine imaginary notion, that draws in raw and unexperienced men to real mischiefs.
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There are infinite reveries, numberless extravagances, and a perpetual train of vanities which pass through both.
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If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.
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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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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.
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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
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Encourage innocent amusement.
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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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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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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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Health and cheerfulness naturally beget each other.
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