“ I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs. ”
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“ An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person. ”
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“ Exercise ferments the humors, casts them into their proper channels, throws off redundancies, and helps nature in those secret distributions, without which the body cannot subsist in its vigor, nor the soul act with cheerfulness. ”
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“ Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. ”
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“ How beautiful is death, when earn'd by virtue! Who would not be that youth? What pity is it That we can die but once to serve our country! ”
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“ If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius. ”
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“ A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer. ”
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“ True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self. ”
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“ True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one’s self. ”
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“ Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for. ”
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“ A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world. ”
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“ Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures. ”
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“ Good nature will always supply the absence of beauty; but beauty cannot supply the absence of good nature. ”
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“ A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world. ”
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“ Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures. ”
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“ Jealousy is that pain which a man feels from the apprehension that he is not equally beloved by the person whom he entirely loves. ”
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“ There is nothing that makes its way more directly to the soul than beauty. ”
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“ I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs. ”
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“ Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body. ”
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“ What sculpture is to a block of marble education is to the human soul. ”
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“ What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul. ”
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“ There is nothing that makes its way more directly to the soul than beauty. ”
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“ The greatest sweetener of human life is friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover. ”
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“ It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are, the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others. ”
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“ What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to a human soul. ”
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