The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.
OLIVER GOLDSMITHA 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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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!
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Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.
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Ceremonies are different in every country, but true politeness is everywhere the same.
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Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long.
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A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond.
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Tenderness is a virtue.
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As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent; whence must necessarily arise a desire of attaining knowledge with the greatest possible ease.
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There are some faults so nearly allied to excellence that we can scarce weed out the vice without eradicating the virtue.
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Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
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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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Pity and friendship are two passions incompatible with each other.
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People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.
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They say women and music should never be dated.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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