It is easy for a man who sits idle at home, and has nobody to please but himself, to ridicule or censure the common practices of mankind
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The real satisfaction which praise can afford, is when what is repeated aloud agrees with the whispers of conscience, by showing us that we have not endeavored to deserve well in vain.Samuel Johnson
Guilt once harbored in the conscious breast, intimidates the brave, degrades the great.
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A Poet, Naturalist, and Historian, Who left scarcely any style of writing untouched, And touched nothing that he did not adorn.
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Lichfield, England. Swallows certainly sleep all winter. A number of them conglobulate together, by flying round and round, and then all in a heap throw themselves under water, and lye in the bed of a river.
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There is little peace or comfort in life if we are always anxious as to future events. He that worries himself with the dread of possible contingencies will never be at rest.
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He who endeavors to please must appear to be pleased.
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