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General notions are generally wrong.


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Civility costs nothing, and buys everything.

Civility costs nothing, and buys everything.



There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless hopes, and that lively vanity which makes all the happiness of life.

There is nothing can pay one for that invaluable ignorance which is the companion of youth, those sanguine groundless hopes, and that lively vanity which makes all the happiness of life.



People wish their enemies dead - but I do not; I say give them the gout, give them the stone!

People wish their enemies dead - but I do not; I say give them the gout, give them the stone!



No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.

No entertainment is so cheap as reading, nor any pleasure so lasting.



Nobody can deny but religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked.

Nobody can deny but religion is a comfort to the distressed, a cordial to the sick, and sometimes a restraint on the wicked.



There is no remedy so easy as books, which if they do not give cheerfulness, at least restore quiet to the most troubled mind.

There is no remedy so easy as books, which if they do not give cheerfulness, at least restore quiet to the most troubled mind.



The ultimate end of your education was to make you a good wife.

The ultimate end of your education was to make you a good wife.



There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister will not administer some comfort to me.

There can be no situation in life in which the conversation of my dear sister will not administer some comfort to me.



I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.

I prefer liberty to chains of diamonds.






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To be diligent means to be serious and devoted to the work of God

To be diligent means to be serious and devoted to the work of God



A wise man need only the guidance of his own heart.

A wise man need only the guidance of his own heart.



While silently brooding, I am drawn to the start of a sweet melody that travels to my ear from afar. I smile, reminded that my heart can dance when my feet can't.

While silently brooding, I am drawn to the start of a sweet melody that travels to my ear from afar. I smile, reminded that my heart can dance when my feet can't.



There's no need to talk about it, because the truth of what one says lies in what one does.

There's no need to talk about it, because the truth of what one says lies in what one does.



It is socialism. It moves the country in a direction which is not good for anyone, whether they be young or old. It charts a course from which there will be no turning back.

It is socialism. It moves the country in a direction which is not good for anyone, whether they be young or old. It charts a course from which there will be no turning back.



Music I heard with you was more than music, and bread I broke with you was more than bread. Now that I am without you, all is desolate; all that was once so beautiful is dead.

Music I heard with you was more than music, and bread I broke with you was more than bread. Now that I am without you, all is desolate; all that was once so beautiful is dead.



Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults, in a child's eyes, is that the child is usually looking upwards, and few faces are at their best when seen from below.

Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults, in a child's eyes, is that the child is usually looking upwards, and few faces are at their best when seen from below.



Really, Rachel looked like a sun, bright and exuding energy, holding us two moons in a parallel orbit by the sheer force of her will.

Really, Rachel looked like a sun, bright and exuding energy, holding us two moons in a parallel orbit by the sheer force of her will.



You can't hate your origin and not end up hating yourself. You can't hate Africa and not hate yourself.

You can't hate your origin and not end up hating yourself. You can't hate Africa and not hate yourself.



A favorite cast? Lisa Kudrow, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and my wife.

A favorite cast? Lisa Kudrow, Anthony Hopkins, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, and my wife.




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