I cannot love as I have loved, And yet I know not why; It is the one great woe of life To feel all feeling die.
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No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies.
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Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.
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In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature is always modern.
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There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes.
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If thou be industrious to procure wealth, be generous in the disposal of it. Man never is so happy as when he giveth happiness unto another.
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What ever our wandering our happiness will always be found within a narrow compass, and in the middle of the objects more immediately within our reach.
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Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle at the onset.
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How many of us have been attracted to reason; first learned to think, to draw conclusions, to extract a moral from the follies of life, by some dazzling aphorism.
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A fresh mind keeps the body fresh. Take in the ideas of the day, drain off those of yesterday. As to the morrow, time enough to consider it when it becomes today.
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