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- The talent of turning men into ridicule, and exposing to laughter those one converses with, is the qualification of little ungenerous tempers. Converses
- There is not in earth a spectacle more worthy than a great man superior to his sufferings. Earth
- A state of temperance, sobriety and justice without devotion is a cold, lifeless, insipid condition of virtue, and is rather to be styled philosophy than… Cold
- Advertisements are of great use to the vulgar. First of all, as they are instruments of ambition. A man that is by no means big… Advertisements
- Hope calculates its scenes for a long and durable life; presses forward to imaginary points of bliss; and grasps at impossibilities; and consequently very often… Beggary
- I always rejoice when I see a tribunal filled with a man of an upright and inflexible temper, who in the execution of his country Always Rejoice
- Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them, that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things… Chosen
- The circumstance which gives authors an advantage above all these great masters, is this, that they can multiply their originals; or rather, can make copies… Advantage
- Our sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses. All
- The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas. Hours
- Though a man cannot abstain from being weak, he may from being vicious. Abstain
- The consciousness of being loved softens the keenest pang even at the moment of parting; yea, even the eternal farewell is robbed of half of… Accents
- Oh! think what anxious moments pass between The birth of plots, and their last fatal periods, Oh! 'tis a dreadful interval of time, Filled up… All
- Method is not less requisite in ordinary conversation than in writing, provided a man would talk to make himself understood. Conversation
- When I read the rules of criticism, I immediately inquire after the works of the author who has written them, and by that means discover… Author
- The man who will live above his present circumstances, is in great danger of soon living beneath them; or as the Italian proverb says, "The… Beneath
- Tis not my talent to conceal my thoughts, Or carry smiles and sunshine in my face, When discontent sits heavy at my heart. Carry
- My death and life, My bane and antidote, are both before me. Antidote
- Let echo, too, perform her part, Prolonging every note with art; And in a low expiring strain, Play all the comfort o'er again. All
- There is no talent so pernicious as eloquence to those who have it under command. Command
- Eternity! thou pleasing dreadful thought! Through what variety of untried being, Through what new scenes and changes must we pass! Changes
- Were not this desire of fame very strong, the difficulty of obtaining it, and the danger of losing it when obtained, would be sufficient to… Danger
- An idol may be undeified by many accidental causes. Marriage, in particular, is a kind of counter apotheosis, as a deification inverted. When a man… Accidental
- The sense of honour is of so fine and delicate a nature, that it is only to be met with in minds which are naturally… Been
- Hypocrisy itself does great honor, or rather justice, to religion, and tacitly acknowledges it to be an ornament to human nature. The hypocrite would not… Acknowledge
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