How is it possible for those who are men of honor in their persons, thus to become notorious liars in their party
JOSEPH ADDISONCheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
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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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We are growing serious, and, let me tell you, that’s the very next step to being dull.
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I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.
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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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One of the most important but one of the most difficult things for a powerful mind is to be its own master.
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The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.
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What 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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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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Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
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There is nothing which we receive with so much reluctance as advice.
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Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend.
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What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.
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A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
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A wealthy doctor who can help a poor man, and will not without a fee, has less sense of humanity than a poor ruffian, who kills a rich man to supply his necessities.
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