A solid and substantial greatness of soul looks down with neglect on the censures and applauses of the multitude.
JOSEPH ADDISONThe greatest sweetener of human life is friendship.
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Charity is a virtue of the heart, and not of the hands.
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A man’s first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart.
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The most skillful flattery is to let a person talk on, and be a listener.
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When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I’m lost, in wonder, love and praise.
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When I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves,
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A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
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Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.
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To be exempt from the passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing solitude.
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No one is more cherished in this world than someone who lightens the burden of another. Thank you.
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An evil intention perverts the best actions, and makes them sins.
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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship.
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The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas.
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What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the human soul.
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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
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