A page of my journal is like a cake of portable soup. A little may be diffused into a considerable portion.

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I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything.

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If venereal delight and the power of propagating the species were permitted only to the virtuous, it would make the world very good.

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To act from pure benevolence is not possible for finite beings. Human benevolence is mingled with vanity, interest, or some other motive.

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For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.

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