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'Tis no extravagant arithmetic to say, that for every ten jokes, thou hast got an hundred enemies; and till thou hast gone on, and raised a swarm of wasps about thine ears, and art half stung to death by them, thou wilt never be convinced it is so.

Jokes

4.0 · 45 votes

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All womankind, from the highest to the lowest love jokes; the difficulty is to know how they choose to have them cut; and there is no knowing that, but by trying, as we do with our artillery in the field, by raising or letting down their breeches, till we

Jokes

3.0 · 25 votes

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First, whenever a man talks loudly against religion, always suspect that it is not his reason, but his passions, which have got the better of his creed. A bad life and a good belief are disagreeable and troublesome neighbours, and where they separate, dep

Religion

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For every ten jokes you acquire a hundred enemies.

Humor

3.7 · 64 votes

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I wish either my father or my mother, or indeed both of them, as they were in duty both equally bound to it, had minded what they were about when they begot me.

Parents

3.8 · 24 votes

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Various
In solitude the mind gains strength and learns to lean upon itself.
4.7 · 52 votes · 79 reads
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Art and Culture
Lessons of wisdom have the most power over us when they capture the heart through the groundwork of a story, which engages the passions.
3.7 · 48 votes · 177 reads
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Art and Culture
Of all the cants which are canted in this canting world - though the cant of hypocrites may be the worst - the cant of criticism is the most tormenting!
4.2 · 8 votes · 160 reads
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Art and Culture
One may as well be asleep as to read for anything but to improve his mind and morals, and regulate his conduct.
4.0 · 57 votes · 174 reads
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Virtues
Only the brave know how to forgive; it is the most refined and generous pitch of virtue human nature can arrive at.
3.5 · 47 votes · 8 reads
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Thought and Reason
Our passion and principals are constantly in a frenzy, but begin to shift and waver, as we return to reason.
4.5 · 15 votes · 133 reads
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Feelings
Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other.
3.9 · 10 votes · 10 reads
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Nature
People who overly take care of their health are like misers. They hoard up a treasure which they never enjoy.
4.2 · 36 votes · 171 reads
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Feelings
Positiveness is an absurd foible. If you are in the right, it lessens your triumph; if in the wrong, it adds shame to your defeat.
5.0 · 63 votes · 1 reads
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Various
Respect for ourselves guides our morals, respect for others guides our manners.
3.5 · 44 votes · 155 reads
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Virtues
The desire of knowledge, like the thirst for riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.
4.3 · 40 votes · 63 reads
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Science and Technology
There are worse occupations in this world than feeling a woman's pulse.
4.0 · 60 votes · 18 reads
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Various
We lose the right of complaining sometimes, by denying something, but this often triples its force.
4.8 · 15 votes · 100 reads
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Society
When ever a person talks loudly against religion, always suspect that it is not their reason, but their passions, which have got the better of their beliefs. A bad life and a good belief are disagreeable and troublesome neighbours; and when they separate,
3.8 · 39 votes · 56 reads
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