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A cloudy day or a little sunsh...

A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes.

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What sunshine is to flowers, s...

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.

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A man should always consider h...

A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.

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A just and reasonable modesty ...

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.

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Plenty of people wish to becom...

Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.

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The chief ingredients in the c...

The chief ingredients in the composition of those qualities that gain esteem and praise, are good nature, truth, good sense, and good breeding.

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A true critic ought to dwell u...

A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation.

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I will indulge my sorrows, and...

I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.

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Books are the legacies that a ...

Books are the legacies that a great genius leaves to mankind, which are delivered down from generation to generation as presents to the posterity of those who are yet unborn.

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Better to die ten thousand dea...

Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor.

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That he delights in the misery...

That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel?

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A woman seldom asks advice bef...

A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.

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I value my garden more for bei...

I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.

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To be perfectly just is an att...

To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man.

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The important question is not,...

The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.

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Suspicion is not less an enemy...

Suspicion is not less an enemy to virtue than to happiness; he that is already corrupt is naturally suspicious, and he that becomes suspicious will quickly be corrupt.

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Friendships, in general, are s...

Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolved.

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Mutability of temper and incon...

Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature.

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There is not so variable a thi...

There is not so variable a thing in nature as a lady's head-dress.

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To say that authority, whether...

To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it supplies a sanction.

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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....