Whenever I go to an opera, I leave my sense and reason at the door with my half guinea, and deliver myself up to my eyes and my ears
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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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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.
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Inferiority is what you enjoy in your best friends.
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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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Whenever a man seeks your advice he generally seeks your praise.
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