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A man governs himself by the ...

A man governs himself by the dictates of virtue and good sense, who acts without zeal or passion in points that are of no consequence; but when the whole community is shaken, and the safety of the public endangered, the appearance of a philosophical or an affected indolence must arise either from stupidity or perfidiousness.

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I consider time as an in imme...

I consider time as an in immense ocean, in which many noble authors are entirely swallowed up.

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Waning moons their settled pe...

Waning moons their settled periods keep, to swell the billows and ferment the deep.

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Ridicule is generally made us...

Ridicule is generally made use of to laugh men out of virtue and good sense, by attacking everything praiseworthy in human life.

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Gold is a wonderful clearer o...

Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding; it dissipates every doubt and scruple in an instant.

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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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Our Grub-street biographers w...

Our Grub-street biographers watch for the death of a great man like so many undertakers on purpose to make a penny of him.

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It is certain that there is n...

It is certain that there is no other passion which does produce such contrary effects in so great a degree. But this may be said for love, that if you strike it out of the soul, life would be insipid, and our being but half animated.

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Nature has laid out all her a...

Nature has laid out all her art in beautifying the face; she has touched it with vermilion, planted in it a double row of ivory, made it the seat of smiles and blushes, lighted it up and enlivened it with the brightness of the eyes, hung it on each side with curious organs of sense, given it airs and graces that cannot be described, and surrounded it with such a flowing shade of hair as sets all its beauties in the most agreeable light.

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For wheresoe'er I turn my rav...

For wheresoe'er I turn my ravish'd eyes, Gay gilded scenes and shining prospects rise, Poetic fields encompass me around, And still I seem to tread on classic ground.

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Good-breeding shows itself mo...

Good-breeding shows itself most where to an ordinary eye it appears the least.

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Music is the only sensual gra...

Music is the only sensual gratification which mankind may indulge in to excess without injury to their moral or religious feelings.

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When a woman comes to her cla...

When a woman comes to her class, she does not employ her time in making herself look more advantageously what she really is, but endeavours to be as much another creature as she possibly can. Whether this happens because they stay so long and attend their work so diligently that they forget the faces and persons, which they first sat down with, or whatever it is, they seldom rise from the toilet the same woman they appeared when they began to dress

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There is no society or conver...

There is no society or conversation to be kept up in the world without good-nature, or something which must bear its appearance and supply its place. For this reason mankind have been forced to invent a kind of artificial humanity, which is what we express by the word Good-Breeding.

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There is nothing touches our ...

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

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Among the writers of antiquit...

Among the writers of antiquity there are none who instruct us more openly in the manners of their respective times in which they lived than those who have employed themselves in satire, under whatever dress it may appear.

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Physic is, for the most part,...

Physic is, for the most part, only a substitute for temperance and exercise.

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A friend exaggerates a man's ...

A friend exaggerates a man's virtues; an enemy inflames his crimes.

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Words, when well chosen, have...

Words, when well chosen, have so great a force in them, that a description often gives us more lively ideas than the sight of things themselves.

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Our friends don't see our fau...

Our friends don't see our faults, or conceal them, or soften them.

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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...

Десять кинозвезд, которые отлично поют

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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....