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When a man is once in fashion, all he does is right.

Lord Chesterfield

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Whoever is in a hurry shows that the thing he is about is too big for him.
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It is by vivacity and wit that man shines in company but trite jokes and loud laughter reduce him to a buffoon.
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The possibility of remedying imprudent actions is commonly an inducement to commit them.
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Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
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Observe any meetings of people, and you will always find their eagerness and impetuosity rise or fall in proportion to their numbers.
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A novel must be exceptionally good to live as long as the average cat.
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So much are our minds influenced by the accidents of our bodies, that every man is more the man of the day than a regular and consequential character.
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One of the greatest difficulties in civil war is, that more art is required to know what should be concealed from our friends, than what ought to be done against our enemies.
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To me it appears strange that the men against whom I should be enabled to bring an action for laying a little dirt at my door, may with impunity drive by it half-a-dozen calves, with their tails lopped close to their bodies and their hinder parts covered with blood.
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Conscious virtue is the only solid foundation of all happiness for riches, power, rank, or whatever, in the common acceptation ofthe word, is supposed to constitute happiness, will never quiet, much less cure, the inward pangs of guilt.
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