In a man's letters his soul lies naked.
Prudence keeps life safe, but does not often make
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Prudence keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.
Life is not long, and too much of it must not pas
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Life is not long, and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be spent.
Advertisements are now so numerous that they are
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Advertisements are now so numerous that they are very negligently perused, and it is therefore become necessary to gain attention by magnificence of promises and by eloquence sometimes sublime and sometimes pathetick.
Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or
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Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else.
A cow is a very good animal in the field, but we
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A cow is a very good animal in the field, but we turn her out of a garden.
No man will be found in whose mind airy notions d
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No man will be found in whose mind airy notions do not sometimes tyrannize, and force him to hope or fear beyond the limits of sober probability.
It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to c
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It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.
Almost every man wastes part of his life in attem
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Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he does not possess, and to gain applause which he cannot keep.
If a man does not make new acquaintances as he ad
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If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair.
Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or
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Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else.
He who has so little knowledge of human nature as
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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.
Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or
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Some people have a foolish way of not minding, or pretending not to mind, what they eat. For my part, I mind my belly very studiously, and very carefully; for I look upon it, that he who does not mind his belly will hardly mind anything else.
Grief is a species of idleness.
To be idle and to be poor have always been reproa
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To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself.
When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnigh
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully.
Catch, then, oh catch the transient hour;
Imp
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Catch, then, oh catch the transient hour;
Improve each moment as it flies!
Life's a short summer, man a flower;
He dies - alas! how soon he dies!
Hope is necessary in every condition. The m
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Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, sickness, of captivity, would, without this comfort, be insupportable.
While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert onl
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While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it.
Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is bette
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Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to go quite true.
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