A good disposition is more valuable than gold, for the latter is the gift of fortune, but the former is the dower of nature.
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Sir Roger told them, with the air of a man who would not give his judgement rashly, that much might be said on both sides.
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To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement.
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The infusion of a China plant sweetened with the pith of an Indian cane.
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