Alack-o-day, replied the corporal ... your honour knows I have neither wife or child—I can have no sorrows in this world.
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First, whenever a man talks loudly against religion, always suspect that it is not his reason, but his passions, which have got the better of his creed. A bad life and a good belief are disagreeable and troublesome neighbors, and where they separate, depend upon it, 'Tis for no other cause but quietness sake.
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The circumstances with which every thing in this world is begirt, give every thing in this world its size and shape;—and by tightening it, o...
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Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.
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So that if you would form a just judgment of what is of infinite importance to you not to be misled in,—namely, in what degree of real merit...
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So long as a man rides his Hobby-Horse peaceably and quietly along the King's highway, and neither compels you or me to get up behind him -- pray, Sir, what have either you or I to do with it?
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'Tis to rebuke a vicious taste which has crept into thousands besides herself,—of reading straight forwards, more in quest of the adventures...
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Positiveness is an absurd foible. If you are in the right, it lessens your triumph; if in the wrong, it adds shame to your defeat.
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A large volume of adventures may be grasped within this little span of life, by him who interests his heart in everything.
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Upon looking back from the end of the last chapter and surveying the texture of what has been wrote, it is necessary, that upon this page and ...
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The desire of knowledge, like the thirst for riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.
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There are worse occupations in this world than feeling a woman's pulse.
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Solitude is the best nurse of wisdom.
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Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood.
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But the desire of knowledge, like the thirst of riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.... ——Endless is the Search of Tru...
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I know not whether the remark is to our honour or otherwise, that lessons of wisdom have never such power over us, as when they are wrought in...
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Heat is in proportion to the want of true knowledge
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I will not argue the matter: Time wastes too fast: every letter I trace tells me with what rapidity Life follows my pen; the days and hours of...
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True Shandeism, think what you will against it, opens the heart and lungs, and like all those affections which partake of its nature, it force...
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People who overly take care of their health are like misers. They hoard up a treasure which they never enjoy.
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When ever a person talks loudly against religion, always suspect that it is not their reason, but their passions, which have got the better of their beliefs. A bad life and a good belief are disagreeable and troublesome neighbors; and when they separate, depend on it that it is for the sake of peace and quiet.
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Nothing is so perfectly amusing as a total change of ideas.
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Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other.
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In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.
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We live in a world beset on all sides with mysteries and riddles—and so 'tis no matter—else it seems strange, that Nature, who makes every...
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Look into the world
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How frequently are the honesty and integrity of a man disposed of by a smile or a shrug. How many good and generous actions have been sunk into oblivion by a distrustful look, or stamped with the imputation of bad motives, by a mysterious and seasonable whisper!
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To have the fear of God before our eyes, and, in our mutual dealings with each other, to govern our actions by the eternal measures of right a...
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Let the torpid Monk seek heaven comfortless and alone—GOD speed him! For my own part, I fear, I should never so find the way: let me be wise...
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Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.
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