Of Chesterfield's Letters They teach the morals of a whore, and the manners of a dancing master.
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The first years of man must make provision for the last.Samuel Johnson
Go into the street and give one man a lecture on morality and another a shilling, and see which one will respect you most.
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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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All power of fancy over reason is a degree of madness
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Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.
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As the Spanish proverb says, He who would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies with him. So it is in travelling a man must carry knowledge with him, if he would bring home knowledge.
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