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What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world...

Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world...

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

He who praises everybody, praises nobody.

A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is...

A fly, Sir, may sting a stately horse and make him wince; but, one is...

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

It is better to live rich than to die rich.

My dear friend, clear your mind of can't.

My dear friend, clear your mind of can't.

There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of...

There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of...

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expenses

Criticism is a study by which men grow important and formidable at very small expenses

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge,...

There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge,...

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has...

Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it...

Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it...

I have always said, the first Whig was the Devil~

I have always said, the first Whig was the Devil~

Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression.

Pain is less subject than pleasure to careless expression.

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted...

A wise man is cured of ambition by ambition itself; his aim is so exalted...

Dr Blair . . . asked . . . whether he thought any man of...

Dr Blair . . . asked . . . whether he thought any man of...

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to...

We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to...

Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he...

Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempts to display qualities which he...

Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of...

Such is the state of life, that none are happy but by the anticipation of...

The time to change was yesterday; the time to wake up is now.

The time to change was yesterday; the time to wake up is now.

I am a possibilist. I believe that humanity is master of its own fate... Before...

I am a possibilist. I believe that humanity is master of its own fate... Before...

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.

There is no greater sorrow than to recall happiness in times of misery.