Quotes 81 till 100 of 127.
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One enemy can do more hurt, than ten friends can do good.
Journal to Stella (30 June 1711) -
One of the very best rules of conversation is to never, say anything which any of the company wish had been left unsaid.
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Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance.
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Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.
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Power is no blessing in itself, except when it is used to protect the innocent.
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Pretense is the overrating of any kind of knowledge we pretend to.
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Proper words in proper places, make the true definition of a style.
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Real good breeding, as the people have it here, is one of the finest things now going in the world. The careful avoidance of all discussion, the swift hopping from topic to topic, does not agree with me; but the graceful style they do it with is beyond that of minuets!
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Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind of reception it meets in the world, and that so very few are offended with it.
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She wears her clothes as if they were thrown on with a pitch folk.
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Sometimes I read a book with pleasure, and detest the author.
Works (1754) -
Style may defined as the proper words in the proper places.
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The beast for me is greed. Whether you read Dante, Swift, or any of these guys, it always boils down to the same thing: the corruption of the soul.
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The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman.
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The lack of belief is a defect that ought to be concealed when it cannot be overcome.
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The latter part of a wise person's life is occupied with curing the follies, prejudices and false opinions they contracted earlier.
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The most accomplished way of using books at present is to serve them as some do lords, learn their titles, and then boast of their acquaintance.
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