“ He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of the soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported without the latter. ”
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“ Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity than they really are. ”
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“ A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not. ”
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“ Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue. ”
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“ An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who keeps a public ordinary, at which all persons are welcome for their money. ”
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“ Why, then,' answered the squire, 'I am very sorry you have given him so much learning; for, if he cannot get his living by that, it will rather spoil him for anything else; and your other son, who can hardly write his name, will do more at ploughing and sowing, and is in a better condition, than he.' And indeed so it proved; for the poor lad, not finding friends to maintain him in his learning, as he had expected, and being unwilling to work, fell to drinking, though he was a very sober lad before; and in a short time, partly with grief, and partly with good liquor, fell into a consumption, and died. ”
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“ Why, then,' answered the squire, 'I am very sorry you have given him so much learning; for, if he cannot get his living by that, it will rather spoil him for anything else; and your other son, who can hardly write his name, will do more at ploughing and sowing, and is in a better condition, than he.' And indeed so it proved; for the poor lad, not finding friends to maintain him in his learning, as he had expected, and being unwilling to work, fell to drinking, though he was a very sober lad before; and in a short time, partly with grief, and partly with good liquor, fell into a consumption, and died. ”
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“ Every hardship; every joy; every temptation is a challenge of the spirit; that the human soul may prove itself. The great chain of necessity wherewith we are bound has divine significance; and nothing happens which has not some service in working out the sublime destiny of the human soul. ”
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“ Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be. ”
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“ A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe the motions of his mistress. He must laugh when she laughs, sigh when she sighs. In short, he should be the shadow of her mind. A lady, in the presence of her lover, should never want a looking-glass; as a beau, in the presence of his looking-glass, never wants a mistress. ”
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“ When mighty roast beef was the Englishman's food It ennobled our hearts and enriched our blood — Our soldiers were brave and our courtiers were good. Oh! the roast beef of England. And Old England's roast beef. ”
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“ Yes, I had two strings to my bow; both golden ones, egad! and both cracked. ”
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“ He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of the soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported without the latter. ”
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“ The blackest ink of fate are sure my lot, And when fate writ my name it made a blot. ”
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“ Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years. ”
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“ A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe the motions of his mistress. He must laugh when she laughs, sigh when she sighs. In short, he should be the shadow of her mind. A lady, in the presence of her lover, should never want a looking-glass; as a beau, in the presence of his looking-glass, never wants a mistress. ”
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“ O vanity! How little is thy force acknowledged or thy operations discerned! How wantonly dost thou deceive mankind under different disguises! Sometimes thou dost wear the face of pity: sometimes of generosity; nay, thou hast the assurance to put on those glorious ornaments which belong only to heroic virtue. ”
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“ When mighty roast beef was the Englishman's food It ennobled our hearts and enriched our blood — Our soldiers were brave and our courtiers were good. Oh! the roast beef of England. And Old England's roast beef. ”
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“ Fraud and falsehood are his weak and treacherous allies; and he lurks trembling in the dark, dreading every ray of light, lest it should discover him, and give him up to shame and punishment. ”
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“ Petition me no petitions, Sir, to-day; Let other hours be set apart for business, To-day it is our pleasure to be drunk; And this our queen shall be as drunk as we. ”
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“ The blackest ink of fate are sure my lot, And when fate writ my name it made a blot. ”
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