He that will enjoy the brightness of sunshine, must quit the coolness of the shade.
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Between falsehood and useless truth there is little difference. As gold which he cannot spend will make no man rich, so knowledge which cannot apply will make no man wise.Samuel Johnson
Idleness and timidity often despair without being overcome, and forbear attempts for fear of being defeated and we may promote the invigoration of faint endeavors, by showing what has already been performed
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It is as bad as bad can be it is ill-fed, ill-killed, ill-kept, and ill-drest.
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Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expense. . . . He whom nature has made weak, and idleness keeps ignorant, may yet support his vanity by the name of a critic.
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Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the child's rattle, and the old man does not care for the young man's whore.
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Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficult
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