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There are charms made only for distance admiration.

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Whatever you have spend less.

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As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which he cannot apply will make no man wise.

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It is easy for a man who sits idle at home, and has nobody to please but himself, to ridicule or censure the common practices of mankind

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As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly.

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An intellectual improvement arises from leisure.

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It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than open one's mouth and remove all doubt.

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There is no private house in which people can enjoy themselves so well as at a capital tavern... No, Sir; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.

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A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization

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Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.

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The superiority of some men is merely local. They are great because their associates are little.

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If you are idle, be not solitary if you are solitary be not idle.

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When I censured a gentleman of my acquaintance for marrying a second time, as it shewed a disregard of his first wife, he said, "Not at all, S...

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Always set high value on spontaneous kindness. He whose inclination prompts him to cultivate your friendship of his own accord will love you more than one whom you have been at pains to attach to you.

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Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the child's rattle, and the old man does not care for the young man's whore.

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Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult.

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All the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance; it is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united with canals.

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I find the medicine worse than the malady.

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Go far - too far you cannot, still the farther. The more experience finds you: and go sparing. One meal a week will serve you, and one suit, through all your travels; for you'll find it certain.

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Let's meet, and either do or die.

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