They dream in courtship, but in wedlock wake.

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A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.

A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.

Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be...

Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be...

I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by...

I find myself hoping a total end of all the unhappy divisions of mankind by...

Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a...

Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a...

Writing is hard work and bad for the health.

Writing is hard work and bad for the health.

Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.

Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.

Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

Men would be angels, angels would be gods.

What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than...

What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than...

Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.

Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.

On wrongs swift vengeance waits.

On wrongs swift vengeance waits.

Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins...

Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll; charms strike the sight, but merit wins...

And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements...

And all who told it added something new, and all who heard it, made enlargements...

A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like...

A person who is too nice an observer of the business of the crowd, like...

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or...

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or...

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:...

A little learning is a dangerous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring:...

The most positive men are the most credulous.

The most positive men are the most credulous.

All chance, direction, which thou canst not see

All chance, direction, which thou canst not see

Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to...

Take chances, make mistakes. That's how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to...

A merchants happiness hangs upon chance, winds, and waves

A merchants happiness hangs upon chance, winds, and waves