There is no wisdom in useless and hopeless sorrow.
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Men are generally idle, and ready to satisfy themselves, and intimidate the industry of others, by calling that impossible which is only difficultSamuel Johnson
I would be loath to speak ill of any person who I do not know deserves it, but I am afraid he is an attorney.
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Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult.
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No man likes to live under the eye of perpetual disapprobation.
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Well, (said he), we had a good talk. BOSWELL Yes, Sir, you tossed and gored several persons.
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
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