Those who can command themselves command others.
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We pamper little grief's into great ones, And bear great ones as well as we can.William Hazlitt
A full-dressed ecclesiastic is a sort of go-cart of divinity an ethical automaton. A clerical prig is, in general, a very dangerous as well as contemptible character.
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The essence of poetry is will and passion.
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Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound thought.
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There is nothing more likely to drive a man mad, than the being unable to get rid of the idea of the distinction between right and wrong, and an obstinate, constitutional preference of the true to the agreeable.
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Silence is one great art of conversation. He is not a fool who knows when to hold his tongue and a person may gain credit for sense, eloquence, wit, who merely says nothing to lessen the opinion which others have of these qualities in themselves.
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