It is generally agreed, that few men are made better by affluence or exaltation.
Subject:
Success   
Wealth   
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I look upon every day to be lost, in which I do not make a new acquaintance.
Subject:
Friendship   
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The true art of memory is the art of attention.
Subject:
Memory   
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The usual fortune of complaint is to excite contempt more than pity.
Subject:
Emotions   
Human Nature   
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Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement.
Subject:
Trust   
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Language is the dress of thought.
Subject:
Language   
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It is reasonable to have perfection in our eye that we may always advance toward it, though we know it can never be reached.
Subject:
Perfection   
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Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of change: the change itself is nothing; when we have made it, the next wish is to change again.
Subject:
Appearance & Attitudes   
Change   
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A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
Subject:
Food   
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Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others.
Subject:
Drinking   
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Like an image in a dream the world is troubled by love, hatred, and other poisons. So long as the dream lasts, the image appears to be real; but on awaking it vanishes.
Subject:
Emotions   
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I am aware that by many persons, it is considered in the nature of a joke to become a candidate and to be elected as a member of the Legislature.
Subject:
Politics   
Politicians   
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Kindness is in our power, even when fondness is not.
Subject:
Kindness   
Power   
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There are goods so opposed that we cannot seize both, but, by too much prudence, may pass between them at too great a distance to reach either.
Subject:
Good   
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Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance.
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Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.
Subject:
Miscellaneous   
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I can't drink a little, therefore I never touch it. Abstinance is as easy for me as tempreance would be difficult.
Subject:
Drinking   
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When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.
Subject:
England   
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It is better to live rich than to die rich.
Subject:
Wealth   
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Turn on the prudent ant thy heedful eyes. Observe her labors, sluggard, and be wise.
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