In all worldly things that a man pursues with the greatest eagerness he finds not half the pleasure in the possession that he proposed to himself in the expectation.

Quote by Robert South

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Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as the tempter...

Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as the tempter...

Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.

Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.

Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason.

Abstinence is the great strengthener and clearer of reason.

God afflicts with the mind of a father, and kills for no other purpose but...

God afflicts with the mind of a father, and kills for no other purpose but...

Folly enlarges men's desires while it lessens their capacities.

Folly enlarges men's desires while it lessens their capacities.

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus

God expects from men something more than at such times, and that it were much...

God expects from men something more than at such times, and that it were much...

An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity

An obstacle is often an unrecognized opportunity

Novelty is the great parent of pleasure

Novelty is the great parent of pleasure

Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men, whereby to communicate their mind; but...

Speech was given to the ordinary sort of men, whereby to communicate their mind; but...

The mind begins to boggle at unnatural substances as things paradoxical and incomprehensible.

The mind begins to boggle at unnatural substances as things paradoxical and incomprehensible.

It is the work of fancy to enlarge, but of judgment to shorten and contract;...

It is the work of fancy to enlarge, but of judgment to shorten and contract;...

Speech was given to the ordinary sort or men, whereby to communicate their mind; but...

Speech was given to the ordinary sort or men, whereby to communicate their mind; but...

Novelty is the great parent of pleasure.

Novelty is the great parent of pleasure.

Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument.

Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument.

Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart.

Loquacity storms the ear, but modesty takes the heart.

The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over,...

The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over,...

An Aristotle was but the rubbish of an Adam, and Athens but the rudiments of...

An Aristotle was but the rubbish of an Adam, and Athens but the rudiments of...

Anger is a transient hatred; or at least very like it.

Anger is a transient hatred; or at least very like it.