To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagination.
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Men will not believe because they will not broaden their minds.Lord Chesterfield
Good manners are the settled medium of social, as specie is of commercial, life returns are equally expected for both
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Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal. No one feels, who does not at the same time give it. To be pleased, one must please. What pleases you in others, will in general please them in you.
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Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment.
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Whoever is in a hurry shows that the thing he is about is too big for him.
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Remember, as long as you live, that nothing but strict truth can carry you through the world, with either your conscience or your honor unwounded.
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