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‟ 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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‟ What is the life of man! Is it not to shift from side to side? From sorrow to sorrow? To button up one cause of vexation! And unbutton another!
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‟ 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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‟ When a man is discontented with himself, it has one advantage - that it puts him into an excellent frame of mind for making a bargain.
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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.
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‟ An English man does not travel to see English men.
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