Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.

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A miser grows rich by seeming poor; an extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.

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On Mr. C -- Of Kidderminster's Poetry

Thy verses, friend! are Kidderminster stuff,
And I must own you've measured out enough.

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Every single instance of a friend's insincerity increases our dependence on the efficacy of money.

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The regard one shows economy, is like that we show an old aunt who is to leave us something at last.

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The world may be divided into people that read, people that write, people that think, and fox-hunters.

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The proper means of increasing the love we bear our native country is to reside some time in a foreign one.

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Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world.

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A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood.

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There is nothing more universally commended than a fine day; the reason is that people can commend it without envy.

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