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Of all created comforts, God is the lender; you are the borrower, not the owner.
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Oh Sleep! it is a gentle thing, beloved from pole to pole, to Mary Queen the praise be given! She sent the gentle sleep from Heaven, that slid into my soul.
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Oh worse than everything, is kindness counterfeiting absent love.
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One cause, which is not always observed, of the insufficiency of riches, is that they very seldom make their owner rich.
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One of the aged greatest miseries is that they cannot easily find a companion able to share the memories of the past.
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One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once.
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Our brightest blazes of gladness are commonly kindled by unexpected sparks.
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Our minds should not be empty because if they are not preoccupied by good, evil will break in upon them.
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Our own heart, and not other men's opinion, forms our true honor.
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Our quaint metaphysical opinions, in an hour of anguish, are like playthings by the bedside of a child deathly sick.
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Our tastes greatly alter. The lad does not care for the child's rattle, and the old man does not care for the young man's whore.
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Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression.
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Parents and children seldom act in concert: each child endeavors to appropriate the esteem or fondness of the parents, and the parents, with yet less temptation, betray each other to their children.
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Parents are the last people on earth who ought to have children.
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Patron: One who countenances, supports or protects. Commonly a wretch who supports with insolence, and is paid with flattery.
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People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.
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People care more about being thought to have taste than about being thought either good, clever or amiable.
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