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There is not any present momen...

There is not any present moment that is unconnected with some future one. The life of every man is a continued chain of incidents, each link of which hangs upon the former. The transition from cause to effect, from event to event, is often carried on by secret steps, which our foresight cannot divine, and our sagacity is unable to trace. Evil may at some future period bring forth good; and good may bring forth evil, both equally unexpected.

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Content thyself to be obscurel...

Content thyself to be obscurely good.

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A jealous man is very quick in...

A jealous man is very quick in his application: he knows how to find a double edge in an invective, and to draw a satire on himself out of a panegyrick on another.

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If gratitude, when exerted tow...

If gratitude, when exerted towards another, naturally produces a very pleasing sensation in the mind of a grateful man, it exalts the soul into rapture when it is employed on this great object of gratitude to the beneficent Being who has given us everything we already possess, and from whom we expect everything we yet hope for.

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There is not, in my opinion, a...

There is not, in my opinion, anything more mysterious in nature than this instinct in animals, which thus rise above reason, and yet fall infinitely short of it.

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A man who is furnished with ar...

A man who is furnished with arguments from the mint will convince his antagonist much sooner than one who draws them from reason and philosophy.

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A man that has a taste of musi...

A man that has a taste of music, painting, or architecture, is like one that has another sense, when compared with such as have no relish of those arts

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Unbounded courage and compassi...

Unbounded courage and compassion join'd, Tempering each other in the victor's mind, Alternately proclaim him good and great, And make the hero and the man complete.

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It is a celebrated thought of ...

It is a celebrated thought of Socrates, that if all the misfortunes of mankind were cast into a public stock, in order to be equally distributed among the whole species, those who now think themselves the most unhappy would prefer the share they are already possessed of, before that which would fall to them by such a division. [as they realise their problems could be worse!]

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I consider an human soul witho...

I consider an human soul without education like marble in the quarry, which shows none of its inherent beauties till the skill of the polisher fetches out the colours, makes the surface shine, and discovers every ornamental cloud, spot and vein that runs through the body of it.

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Books are the legacies that a ...

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind

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When I consider the Question, ...

When I consider the Question, Whether there are such Persons in the World as those we call Witches? My Mind is divided between the two opposite Opinions; or rather I believe in general that there is, and has been such a thing as Witchcraft; but at the same time can give no Credit to any Particular Instance of it.

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Exercise ferments the humors, ...

Exercise ferments the humors, casts them into their proper channels, throws off redundancies, and helps nature in those secret distributions, without which the body cannot subsist in its vigor, nor the soul act with cheerfulness.

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I have often thought, says Sir...

I have often thought, says Sir Roger, it happens very well that Christmas should fall out in the middle of Winter.

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A cheerful temper, joined with...

A cheerful temper, joined with innocence will make beauty attractive, knowledge delightful, and wit good-natured.

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One of the most important but ...

One of the most important but one of the most difficult things for a powerful mind is to be its own master.

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There is nothing touches our i...

There is nothing touches our imagination so much as a beautiful woman in a plain dress.

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But in all despotic government...

But in all despotic governments, though a particular prince may favour arts and letter, there is a natural degeneracy of mankind.

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When all thy mercies, O my God...

When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys, Transported with the view I'm lost, in wonder, love and praise.

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It must be so, Plato, thou rea...

It must be so, Plato, thou reason'st well!

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