“ Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of the ages through which they have passed. ”
- Sir William Temple- Copy
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“ No one ever was a great poet, that applied himself much to anything else. ”
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“ When I pray, coincidences happen, and when I don't, they don't. ”
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“ Our present time is indeed a criticizing and critical time, hovering between the wish, and the inability to believe. Our complaints are like arrows shot up into the air at no target: and with no purpose they only fall back upon our own heads and destroy ourselves. ”
- Sir William Temple- Copy
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“ When I pray, coincidences happen, and when I don't, they don't. ”
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“ The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit. ”
- Sir William Temple- Copy
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“ Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed. ”
- Sir William Temple- Copy
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“ Who ever converses among old books will be hard to please among the new. ”
- Sir William Temple- Copy
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“ There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, who is neither capable of receiving pleasures, nor sensible of conferring them on others. ”
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“ There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, who is neither capable of receiving pleasures, nor sensible of conferring them on others. ”
- Sir William Temple- Copy
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“ Our present time is indeed a criticizing and critical time, hovering between the wish, and the inability to believe. Our complaints are like arrows shot up into the air at no target: and with no purpose they only fall back upon our own heads and destroy ourselves. ”
- Sir William Temple- Copy
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“ Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed. ”
- Sir William Temple- Copy
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“ There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, who is neither capable of receiving pleasures, nor sensible of conferring them on others. ”
- Sir William Temple- Copy
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“ The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it. ”
- Sir William Temple- Copy
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“ Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed. ”
- Sir William Temple- Copy
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“ Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed. ”
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“ The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit. ”
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“ After the conquest of Afric, Greece, the lesser Asia, and Syria were brought into Italy all the sorts of their Mala, which we interprete apples, and might signify no more at first; but were afterwards applied to many other foreign fruits. ”
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“ No one ever was a great poet, that applied himself much to anything else. ”
- Sir William Temple- Copy
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“ The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor. ”
- Sir William Temple- Copy
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“ No possessions are good, but by the good use we make of them. ”
- Sir William Temple- Copy
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“ The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies. ”
- Sir William Temple- Copy
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“ The abilities of man must fall short on one side or the other, like too scanty a blanket when you are abed. If you pull it upon your shoulders, your feet are left bare; if you thrust it down to your feet, your shoulders are uncovered. ”
- Sir William Temple- Copy
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“ The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit. ”
- Sir William Temple- Copy
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“ No possessions are good, but by the good use we make of them. ”
- Sir William Temple- Copy
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“ The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies. ”
- Sir William Temple- Copy
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“ The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor. ”
- Sir William Temple- Copy
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“ The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor. ”
- Sir William Temple- Copy
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“ The first ingredient in conversation is truth, the next good sense, the third good humor, and the fourth wit. ”
- Sir William Temple- Copy
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