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Lord Tyrawley and I have been dead these two years, but we don't choose to have it known.
Lord Tyrawley and I have been dead these two years, but we don't choose to have it known.
History is a confused heap of facts.
History is a confused heap of facts.
Idleness is the only refuge of weak minds, and the holiday of fools
Idleness is the only refuge of weak minds, and the holiday of fools
Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, read more
Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and persevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable.
Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so.
Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so.
Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by
their understandings.
Men, as well as women, are much oftener led by their hearts than by
their understandings.
Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.
Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.
Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.
Better to understand a little than to misunderstand a lot.
The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and read more
The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and the man of sense laughs at it, at the same time he knows he must not neglect it.
If you are not in fashion, you are nobody. - "Letter to his son", April 30, 1750.
If you are not in fashion, you are nobody. - "Letter to his son", April 30, 1750.
