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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.

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Almost every man wastes part of his life attempting to display qualities which he does not possess.
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Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
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My dear friend, clear your mind of can’t.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.
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Advice is seldom welcome. Those who need it most, like it least.
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A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.
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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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People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed.
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Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.
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If your determination is fixed, I do not counsel you to despair. Few things are impossible to diligence and skill. Great works are performed not by strength, but perseverance.
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What ever the motive for the insult, it is always best to overlook it; for folly doesn’t deserve resentment, and malice is punished by neglect.
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Sir, I have found you an argument; but I am not obliged to find you an understanding.
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The majority have no other reason for their opinions than that they are the fashion.
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You can never be wise unless you love reading.
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It very seldom happens to a man that his business is his pleasure.
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There must always be a struggle between a father and son, while one aims at power and the other at independence.
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Each person’s work is always a portrait of himself.
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
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Liberty is, to the lowest rank of every nation, little more than the choice of working or starving.
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The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it.
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The really happy woman is the one who can enjoy the scenery when she has to take a detour. Happiness is not a state to arrive at, but rather a manner of traveling.
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He who waits to do a great deal of good at once will never do anything.
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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