An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions. He is neither hot nor timid.
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He adorned whatever subject he either spoke or wrote upon, by the most splendid eloquence.Philip Dormer Shanhope, Lord Chesterfield
There is hardly anybody good for everything, and there is scarcely anybody who is absolutely good for nothing.
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A man of sense is never discouraged by difficulties he redoubles his industry and his diligence, he perseveres, and infallibly prevails at last.
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I assisted at the birth of that most significant word 'flirtation,' which dropped from the most beautiful mouth in the world.
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Idleness is the holiday of fools.
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Knowledge is comfortable and a necessary retreat and shelter for us in advanced age, but if we do not plant it while young, it will give us no shade when we grow old.
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