It is ridiculous for any man to criticize on the works of another, who has not distinguished himself by his own performances.
JOSEPH ADDISONThe friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.
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Evil may at some future period bring forth good; and good may bring forth evil, both equally unexpected.
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There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
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The friendships of the world are oft confederacies in vice, or leagues of pleasures.
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Nature in her whole drama never drew such a part; she has sometimes made a fool, but a coxcomb is always of a man’s own making.
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Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
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What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.
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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.
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Courage is the thing. All goes if courage goes.
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Rides in the whirlwind and directs the storm.
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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They were a people so primitive they did not know how to get money, except by working for it.
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If men of eminence are exposed to censure on one hand, they are as much liable to flattery on the other. If they receive reproaches which are not due to them, they likewise receive praises which they do not deserve.
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Encourage innocent amusement.
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Nature does nothing without purpose or uselessly.
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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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