A true critic ought to dwell rather upon excellencies than imperfections
JOSEPH ADDISONWhat an absurd thing it is to pass over all the valuable parts of a man, and fix our attention on his infirmities.
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Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.
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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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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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I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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If 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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Hung it on each side with curious organs of sense, given it airs and graces that cannot be described, and surrounded it with such a flowing shade of hair as sets all its beauties in the most agreeable light.
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Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
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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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One may know a man that never conversed in the world, by his excess of good-breeding.
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There are infinite reveries, numberless extravagances, and a perpetual train of vanities which pass through both.
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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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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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Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
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