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"In all unmerciful actions, the worst of men pay this compliment at least to humanity, as to endeavour to wear as much of the appearance of it, as the case will well let them."
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"Alas! if the principles of contentment are not within us, the height of station and worldly grandeur will as soon add a cubit to a man's stature as to his happiness."
"People who are always taking care of their health are like misers, who are hoarding a treasure which they have never spirit enough to enjoy."
"Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves."
"It is a great pity but tis certain from every day's observation of man, that he may be set on fire like a candle, at either end provided there is a sufficient wick standing out."
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"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!"
"I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone, in a single cottage, on the top of a mountain, a mile from any habitation? He replied, that Providence was his next-door neighbor."
"People who overly take care of their health are like misers. They hoard up a treasure which they never enjoy."
"I am persuaded that every time a man smiles - but much more so when he laughs - it adds something to this fragment of life."
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