If you direct your whole thought to work itself, none of the things which invade eyes or ears will reach the mind.
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Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.
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Our minds are like our stomaches; they are whetted by the change of their food, and variety supplies both with fresh appetite.
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The prosperous can not easily form a right idea of misery.
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As regards parents, I should like to see them as highly educated as possible, and I do not restrict this remark to fathers alone.
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A laugh, if purchased at the expense of propriety, costs too much.
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