To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement.
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Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another.Joseph Addison
Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly be corrupt.
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The infusion of a China plant sweetened with the pith of an Indian cane.
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Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolved.
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Nothing is more amiable than true modesty, and nothing more contemptible than the false
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The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the wars of elements, The wrecks of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Joseph Addison
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