“ Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out. ”
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“ Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for and you will succeed. ”
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“ Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love, and to be loved, is the greatest happiness of existence. ”
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“ Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love, and to be loved, is the greatest happiness of existence. ”
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“ The main question to a novel is did it amuse? were you surprised at dinner coming so soon? did you mistake eleven for ten? were you too late to dress? and did you sit up beyond the usual hour? If a novel produces these effects, it is good; if it does not story, language, love, scandal itself cannot save it. It is only meant to please; and it must do that or it does nothing. ”
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“ A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience. ”
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“ hen you rise in the morning, form a resolution to make the day a happy one for a fellow creature. ”
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“ Heat, ma am! It was so dreadful here that I found there was nothing left for it but to take off my flesh and sit in my bones. ”
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“ Whatever you are by nature, keep to it; never desert your line of talent. Be what nature intended you for and you will succeed. ”
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“ A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort. ”
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“ We must despise no sort of talents: they all have their separate duties and uses, all the happiness of man for their object; they all improve, exalt, and gladden life. ”
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“ How Nature delights and amuses us by varying even the character of insects: the ill-nature of the wasp, the sluggishness of the drone, the volatility of the butterfly, the slyness of the bug. ”
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“ It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can do only a little. Do what you can. ”
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“ All this class of pleasures inspires me with the same nausea as I feel at the sight of rich plum-cake or sweetmeats; I prefer the driest bread of common life. ”
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“ Hope is the belief, more or less strong, that joy will come; desire is the wish it may come. ”
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“ Errors to be dangerous must have a great deal of truth mingled with them. It is only from this alliance that they can ever obtain an extensive circulation. ”
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“ That sign of old age, extolling the past at the expense of the present. ”
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“ Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence. ”
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“ Men whose trade is rat-catching, love to catch rats; the bug destroyer seizes on his bug with delight; and the suppressor is gratified by finding his vice. ”
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“ Married couples resemble a pair of scissors, often moving in opposite directions, yet punishing anyone who gets in between them. ”
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“ The object of preaching is to constantly remind mankind of what they keep forgetting; not to supply the intellect, but to fortify the feebleness of human resolutions. ”
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“ Life is to be fortified by many friendships. To love and to be loved is the greatest happiness of existence. ”
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“ How Nature delights and amuses us by varying even the character of insects: the ill-nature of the wasp, the sluggishness of the drone, the volatility of the butterfly, the slyness of the bug. ”
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