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A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion.
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I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said to be…
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If a man who is born to a fortune cannot make himself easier and freer than those who are not, he gains…
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When a man is familiar with many people he must expect many disagreeable familiarizations.
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A woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinter legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to…
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What a curious creature is man; with what a variety of powers and faculties is he endued; yet how easily is he…
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The scent of Sloth tempts a smug man.
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Dr. Johnson ... sometimes employed himself in chymistry, sometimes in watering and pruning a vine, and sometimes in small experiments, at which…
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Buffon, who, with all his theoretical ingenuity and extraordinary eloquence, I suspect had little actual information in the science on which he…
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We often observe in lawyers, who as Quicquid agunt homines is the matter of law suits, are sometimes obliged to pick up…
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No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.…
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Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others. Sometimes it…
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Little said is soonest mended.
— George Wither
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No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.…
— James Boswell
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Not so in haste, my heart! Have faith in God and wait; Although he linger long, He never comes too late. He…
— Unknown Author
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I made a mental note to watch which bottle became empty soonest, sometimes a more telling evaluation system than any other.
— Gerald Asher
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The most violent friendships soonest wear themselves out.
— William Hazlitt
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From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be, Much pleasure, then from thee much more, must flow, And soonest our best…
— John Donne
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Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light.
— William Shakespeare
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The man who leaves a woman best pleased with herself is the one whom she will soonest wish to see.
— Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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We all want progress, but if you're on the wrong road, progress means doing an about-turn and walking back to the right…
— C.S. Lewis
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And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.
— Thomas Moore
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Faces that have charmed us the most escape us the soonest.
— Walter Scott
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No truer word, save God's, was ever spoken, Than that the largest heart is soonest broken.
— Walter Savage Landor
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