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It is folly for an eminent ma...

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.

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Is there not some chosen curs...

Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his greatness to his country's ruin!

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Our real blessings often appe...

Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.

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There is nothing more requisi...

There is nothing more requisite in business than despatch.

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No oppression is so heavy or ...

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.

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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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Among all kinds of Writing, t...

Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of Humour, as there is none in which they are more ambitious to excel.

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Three grand essentials to hap...

Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.

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Their is no defense against c...

Their is no defense against criticism except obscurity.

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Music, the greatest good that...

Music, the greatest good that mortals know and all of heaven we have hear below.

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To be an atheist requires an ...

To be an atheist requires an indefinitely greater measure of faith than to recieve all the great truths which atheism would deny.

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Animals, in their generation,...

Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.

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Mirth is like a flash of ligh...

Mirth is like a flash of lightning, that breaks through a gloom of clouds, and glitters for a moment; cheerfulness keeps up a kind of daylight in the mind, and fills it with a steady and perpetual serenity.

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An ostentatious man will rath...

An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.

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Cheerfulness is the best prom...

Cheerfulness is the best promoter of health and is as friendly to the mind as to the body.

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To be perfectly just is an at...

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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Plenty of people wish to beco...

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

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We are always doing something...

We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us.

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Even a stopped clock is right...

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

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True happiness arises, in the...

True happiness arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self, and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions.

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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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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....