Politicians neither love nor hate. Interest, not sentiment, directs them.
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As fathers commonly go, it is seldom a misfortune to be fatherless; and considering the general run of sons, as seldom a misfortune to be childless.Lord Chesterfield
It is by vivacity and wit that man shines in company but trite jokes and loud laughter reduce him to a buffoon
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Being pretty on the inside means you don't hit your brother and you eat all your peas - that's what my grandma taught me.
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I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a great poet.
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Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.
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Due attention to the inside of books, and due contempt for the outside, is the proper relation between a man of sense and his books.
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