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Life affords no higher pleasure than that of surmounting difficulties.

Samuel Johnson

What we hope ever to do with ease, we must learn first to do with diligence.
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Diligence Hope Learning
Women have two weapons – cosmetics and tears
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Make Up Tears Weapon Woman
Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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Law Nature Power Wisdom Woman
Deviation from Nature is deviation from happiness.
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Happiness Nature
Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.
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Dangerous Integrity Knowledge Weakness
Books like friends, should be few and well-chosen.
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Books Choice Friendship
A contempt of the monuments and the wisdom of the past, may be justly reckoned one of the reigning follies of these days, to which pride and idleness have equally contributed.
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Equality Monument Past Pride Wisdom
To preserve health is a moral and religious duty: for health is the basis of all social virtues; and we can be useful no longer than while we are well.
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Health Moral Preserve Religious Social Virtue
Sorrow is the mere rust of the soul. Activity will cleanse and brighten it.
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Bright Cleaning Sorrow Soul
If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary be not idle.
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Choice Freedom Solitude Wasted Time Yourself
Love is the wisdom of the fool and the folly of the wise.
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Fools Love Wisdom
Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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Advice Need Welcome
My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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Friendship Mindset Myself
No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned. A man in a jail has more room, better food, and commonly better company.
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Better Company Enough Food Man Prison Room
Language is the dress of thought; every time you talk your mind is on parade.
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Language Mindset Talk Thinking Yourself
From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend,- Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
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End God Greatness Guide Motivational Original Spring

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