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I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a great poet.
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Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it out and strike it; merely to show that you have one.
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If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself.
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In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge.
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I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive.
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A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones.
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The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and the man of sense laughs at it, at the same time he knows he must not neglect it.
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Regularity in the hours of rising and retiring, perseverance in exercise, adaptation of dress to the variations of climate, simple and nutritious aliment, and temperance in all things are necessary branches of the regimen of health.
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Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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The less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in.
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The only solid and lasting peace between a man and his wife is, doubtless, a separation.
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Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act.
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