If you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like whales.
OLIVER GOLDSMITHWhen 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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People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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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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I was ever of the opinion, that the honest man who married and brought up a large family, did more service than he who continued single, and only talked of population.
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Honour sinks where commerce long prevails.
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Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.
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Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.
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Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.
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Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.
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All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little.
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Modesty seldom resides in a breast that is not enriched with nobler virtues.
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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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I chose my wife, as she did her wedding gown, for qualities that would wear well.
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The best way to make your audience laugh is to start laughing yourself.
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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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