Wonder is the effect of novelty upon ignorance.
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Praise, like gold and diamonds, owes its value to its scarcity.Samuel Johnson
When any calamity has been suffered the first thing to be remembered is, how much has been escaped.
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I am willing to love all mankind, except an American.
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In the most general applause discordant voices will always be heard.
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He that pursues fame with just claims, trusts his happiness to the winds but he that endeavors after it by false merit, has to fear, not only the violence of the storm, but the leaks of his vessel.
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