Silence is sometimes more significant and sublime than the most noble and most expressive eloquence, and is on many occasions the indication of a great mind.
JOSEPH ADDISONNo oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
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Nature is full of wonders; every atom is a standing miracle, and endowed with such qualities, as could not be impressed on it by a power and wisdom less than infinite.
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It is not the business of virtue to extirpate the affections of the mind, but to regulate them.
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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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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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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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Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
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Whether this happens because they stay so long and attend their work so diligently that they forget the faces and persons, which they first sat down with, or whatever it is, they seldom rise from the toilet the same woman they appeared when they began to dress
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There is no virtue so truly great and godlike as justice.
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The utmost extent of man’s knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
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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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How is it possible for those who are men of honor in their persons, thus to become notorious liars in their party
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There is nothing which strengthens faith more than the observance of morality.
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Riches expose a man to pride and luxury, and a foolish elation of heart.
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Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
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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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