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A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer.
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True happiness... arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self.
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To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.
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There is not, in my opinion, anything more mysterious in nature than this instinct in animals, which thus rise above reason, and yet fall infinitely short of it.
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The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.
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Cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.
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Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
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Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.
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Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they ar...
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Education is a companion which no misfortune can depress, no crime can destroy, no enemy can alienate,no despotism can enslave. At home, a friend, abroad, an introduction, in solitude a solace and in society an ornament.It chastens vice, it guides virtue, it gives at once grace and government to genius. Without it, what is man A splendid slave, a reasoning savage.
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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.
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Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel.
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There is not any present moment that is unconnected with some future one. The life of every man is a continued chain of incidents, each link of which hangs upon the former. The transition from cause to effect, from event to event, is often carried on by secret steps, which our foresight cannot divine, and our sagacity is unable to trace. Evil may at some future period bring forth good; and good may bring forth evil, both equally unexpected.
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It is the privilege of posterity to set matters right between those antagonists who, by their rivalry for greatness, divided a whole age.
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There is nothing that makes its way more directly into the soul than beauty.
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Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.
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If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius.
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The post of honor is a private station.
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There is nothing more requisite in business than dispatch.
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