One does not love a place the less for having suffered in it unless it has all been suffering, nothing but suffering.
Those who do not complain are never pitied.
It is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy. May I ask whether these pleasing attentions proceed from the impulse of the moment, or are the result of previous study?
From politics, it was an easy step to silence.
A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of.
It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble.
How quick come the reasons for approving what we like!
... as the clergy are, or are not what they ought to be, so are the rest of the nation.
... the soul is of no sect, no party: it is, as you say, our passions and our prejudices, which give rise to our religious and political distinctions.
You ought certainly to forgive them as a Christian, but never to admit them in your sight, or allow their names to be mentioned in your hearing.
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Quote collection assembled by Jone Johnson Lewis. Each quotation page in this collection and the entire collection © Jone Johnson Lewis 1997-2003. This is an informal collection assembled over many years. I regret that I am not be able to provide the original source if it is not listed with the quote.
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