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A poor spirit is poorer than ...

A poor spirit is poorer than a poor purse. A very few pounds a year would ease a man of the scandal of avarice.

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A fig for your bill of fare; ...

A fig for your bill of fare; show me your bill of company.

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A carpenter is known by his c...

A carpenter is known by his chips.

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There never appear more than ...

There never appear more than five or six men of genius in an age, but if they were united the world could not stand before them.

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A Child will make two Dishes ...

A Child will make two Dishes at an Entertainment for Friends; and when the Family dines alone, the fore or hind Quarter will makea reasonable Dish; and seasoned with a little Pepper or Salt, will be very good Boiled on the fourth Day, especially in Winter.

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Triumphant Tories, and despon...

Triumphant Tories, and desponding Whigs, Forget their feuds, and join to save their wigs.

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The common fluency of speech ...

The common fluency of speech in many men, and most women, is owing to a scarcity of matter and a scarcity of words; for whosoever is a master of language, and hath a mind full of ideas, will be apt, in speaking, to hesitate upon the choice of both.

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I'm as old as my tongue and a...

I'm as old as my tongue and a little older than my teeth.

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It is not so much the being e...

It is not so much the being exempt from faults as the having overcome them that is an advantage to us; it being with the follies of the mind as with weeds of a field, which if destroyed and consumed upon the place where they grow, enrich and improve it more than if none had ever sprung there.

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Brutes find out where their t...

Brutes find out where their talents lie; A bear will not attempt to fly, A foundered horse will oft debate Before he tries a five barred gate. A dog by instinct turns aside Who sees the ditch too deep and wide, But man we find the only creature Who, led by folly, combats nature; Who, when she loudly cries-Forbear! With obstinacy fixes there; And where the genius least inclines, Absurdly bends his whole designs.

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The various opinions of philo...

The various opinions of philosophers have scattered through the world as many plagues of the mind as Pandora's box did those of the body; only with this difference, that they have not left hope at the bottom.

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Wise people are never less al...

Wise people are never less alone than when they are alone.

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It is as hard to satirize wel...

It is as hard to satirize well a man of distinguished vices, as to praise well a man of distinguished virtues.

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Falsehood flies, and the trut...

Falsehood flies, and the truth comes limping after it.

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Brisk talkers are generally s...

Brisk talkers are generally slow thinkers.

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This Day, whate'er the Fates ...

This Day, whate'er the Fates decree; Shall still be kept with Joy by me: This Day then, let us not be told, That you are sick, and I grown old

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We of this age have discovere...

We of this age have discovered a shorter, and more prudent method to become scholars and wits, without the fatigue of reading or of thinking.

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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.

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I have known some men possess...

I have known some men possessed of good qualities which were very serviceable to others, but useless to themselves; like a sun-dial on the front of a house, to inform the neighbours and passengers, but not the owner within.

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This made me reflect, how vai...

This made me reflect, how vain an attempt it is for a man to endeavor to do himself honor among those who are out of all degree of equality or comparison with him.

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