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Being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.

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Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.

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A man of genius has been seldom ruined but by himself.

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The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.

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Claret is the liquor for boys; port for men; but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.

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Those who attain any excellence, commonly spend life in one pursuit; for excellence is not often gained upon easier terms.

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Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment.

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The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery.

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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.

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All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.

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Some desire is necessary to keep life in motion, and he whose real wants are supplied must admit those of fancy.

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A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything.

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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.

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

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Adversity has ever been considered the state in which a man most easily becomes acquainted with himself.

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The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.

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We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know because they have never deceived us.

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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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He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.

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Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.

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