True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.
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When love once pleads admission to our hearts, In spite of all the virtue we can boast, The woman that deliberates is lost.Joseph Addison
The unassuming youth seeking instruction with humility gains good fortune.
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That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel?
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Ideas in the mind are the transcript of the world words are the transcript of ideas And writing and printing are the transcript of words.
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Should the whole frame of Nature round him break, In ruin and confusion hurled, He, unconcerned, would hear the mighty crack, And stand secure amidst a falling world.
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It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
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