Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness.
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It is a great pity but tis certain from every day's observation of man, that he may be set on fire like a candle, at either end provided there is a sufficient wick standing out.Laurence Sterne
Only the brave know how to forgive... a coward never forgave; it is not in his nature.
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Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other.
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Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world, - though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst, - the cant of criticism is the most tormenting!
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I am persuaded that every time a man smiles - but much more so when he laughs - it adds something to this fragment of life.
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Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood.
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