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The preaching of divines helps...

The preaching of divines helps to preserve well-inclined men in the course of virtue, but seldom or ever reclaims the vicious.

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War: that mad game the world s...

War: that mad game the world so loves to play.

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I know Sir John will go, thoug...

I know Sir John will go, though he was sure it would rain cats and dogs.

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She watches him as a cat would...

She watches him as a cat would watch a mouse.

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That the universe was formed b...

That the universe was formed by a fortuitous concourse of atoms, I will no more believe than that the accidental jumbling of the alphabet would fall into a most ingenious treatise of philosophy.

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What some people invent the re...

What some people invent the rest enlarge.

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Some men, under the notion of ...

Some men, under the notion of weeding out prejudice, eradicate virtue, honesty and religion.

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Punning is a talent which no m...

Punning is a talent which no man affects to despise but he that is without it.

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I have ever hated all nations,...

I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is toward individuals: for instance, I hate the tribe of lawyers, but I love Counsellor Such-a-one, and Judge Such-a-one: so with physiciansЂ'I will not speak of my own tradeЂ'soldiers, English, Scotch, French, and the rest. But principally I hate and detest that animal called man, although I heartily love John, Peter, Thomas, and so forth. This is the system upon which I have governed myself many years, but do not tell...

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I remember it was with extreme...

I remember it was with extreme difficulty that I could bring my master to understand the meaning of the word opinion, or how a point could be disputable; because reason taught us to affirm or deny only where we are certain; and beyond our knowledge we cannot do either.

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A favor is half granted, when ...

A favor is half granted, when graciously refused.

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Complaint is the largest tribu...

Complaint is the largest tribute heaven receives and the sincerest part of our devotion.

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A lie is an excuse guarded...

A lie is an excuse guarded

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When we desire or solicit anyt...

When we desire or solicit anything, our minds run wholly on the good side or circumstances of it; when it is obtained, our minds run wholly on the bad ones.

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When men grow virtuous in thei...

When men grow virtuous in their old age, they only make a sacrifice to God of the devil's leavings.

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Ale is meat, drink and cloth; ...

Ale is meat, drink and cloth; it will make a cat speak and a wise man dumb.

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Usually speaking, the worst-br...

Usually speaking, the worst-bred person in company is a young traveller just returned from abroad.

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In all distresses of our frien...

In all distresses of our friends We first consult our private ends; While Nature, kindly bent to ease us, Points out some circumstance to please us.

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By candle-light nobody would h...

By candle-light nobody would have taken you for above five-and-twenty.

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There is no quality so contrar...

There is no quality so contrary to any nature which one cannot affect, and put on upon occasion, in order to serve an interest.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Актеры — люди творческие, но кто бы мог подумать, что некоторые из них скрывают прекрасный голос. В эпоху раннего Голливуда актеров с музыкальными способностями было немало — это считалось скорее норм...

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Расскажем, как сложилась судьба актеров, которые начинали сниматься еще в детстве.
Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....