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/ page 1141 of 1205 /If anger proceeds from a great cause, it turns to fury; if from a small cause, it is peevishness; and so is always either terrible or ridiculous.
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Revenge... is like a rolling stone, which, when a man hath forced up a hill, will return upon him with a greater violence, and break those bones whose sinews gave it motion.
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When you lie down with a short prayer, commit yourself into the hands of your Creator; and when you have done so, trust Him with yourself, as you must do when you are dying.
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He that loves not his wife and children feeds a lioness at home, and broods a nest of sorrows.
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The best theology is rather a divine life than a divine knowledge.
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Whatsoever we beg of God, let us also work for it.
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He that is proud of riches is a fool. For if he is exalted above his neighbors because he has more gold, how much inferior is he to a gold mine.
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Conscience in most men, is but the anticipation of the opinions of others.
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Marriage is the mother of the world. It preserves kingdoms, and fills cities and churches, and heaven itself.
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Love is friendship set on fire.
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It is impossible to make people understand their ignorance, for it requires knowledge to perceive it; and, therefore, he that can perceive it hath it not.
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Every act of virtue is an ingredient unto reward.
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Habits are the daughters of action, but then they nurse their mother, and produce daughters after her image, but far more beautiful and prosperous.
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I found more joy in sorrow than you could find in joy.
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Of my own spirit let me be in sole though feeble mastery.
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It is strange how often a heart must be broken before the years can make it wise.
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Though I know he loves me, tonight my heart is sad; his kiss was not so wonderful as all the dreams I had.
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Beauty, more than bitterness, makes the heart break.
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When I walk with you I feel as if I had a flower in my buttonhole.
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Good humor is one of the best articles of dress one can wear in society.
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