Romance and novel paint beauty in colors more charming than nature, and describe a happiness that humans never taste. How deceptive and destructive are those pictures of consummate bliss!
OLIVER GOLDSMITHI chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm can soothe her melancholy, what art can wash her guilt away?
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On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, ‘Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
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Let schoolmasters puzzle their brain, With grammar, and nonsense, and learning, Good liquor, I stoutly maintain, Gives genius a better discerning.
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A great source of calamity lies in regret and anticipation; therefore a person is wise who thinks of the present alone, regardless of the past or future.
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Where wealth accumulates, men decay.
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Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
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Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.
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You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.
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Surely the best way to meet the enemy is head on in the field and not wait till they plunder our very homes.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
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People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.
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The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.
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Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
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