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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.
• I, who have no sisters or brothers, look with some degree of innocent envy on those who may be said to be…
• If a man who is born to a fortune cannot make himself easier and freer than those who are not, he gains…
• When a man is familiar with many people he must expect many disagreeable familiarizations.
• A woman's preaching is like a dog's walking on his hinter legs. It is not done well; but you are surprised to…
• What a curious creature is man; with what a variety of powers and faculties is he endued; yet how easily is he…
• The scent of Sloth tempts a smug man.
• Dr. Johnson ... sometimes employed himself in chymistry, sometimes in watering and pruning a vine, and sometimes in small experiments, at which…
• Buffon, who, with all his theoretical ingenuity and extraordinary eloquence, I suspect had little actual information in the science on which he…
• We often observe in lawyers, who as Quicquid agunt homines is the matter of law suits, are sometimes obliged to pick up…
• No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy.…
• 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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