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A certain excess of animal spirits with thoughtless good-humor will often make more enemies than the most deliberate spite and ill-nature, which is on its guard, and strikes with caution and safety. - [Enemies] A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself, too, if he could. - [Hypocrisy] A knave thinks himself a fool, all the time he is not making a fool of some other person. - [Knavery] A strong passion for any object will ensure success, for the desire of the end will point out the means. - [Passion] Affectation is as necessary to the mind as dress is to the body. - [Affectation] All that is worth remembering of life is the poetry of it. - [Poetry] An accomplished coquette excites the passions of others, in proportion as she feels none herself. - [Coquetry] An honest man is respected by all parties. - [Honesty] Art is the microscope of the mind, which sharpens the wit as the other does the sight; and converts every object into a little universe in itself. Art may be said to draw aside the veil from nature. To those who are perfectly unskilled in the practice, unimbued with the principles of art, most objects present only a confused mass. - [Art] Art must anchor in nature, or it is the sport of every breath of folly. - [Art] As a general rule, those who are dissatisfied with themselves will seek to go out of themselves into an ideal world. Persons in strong health and spirits, who take plenty of air and exercise, who are "in favor with, their stars," and have a thorough relish of the good things of this life, seldom devote themselves in despair to religion or the muses. Sedentary, nervous, hypochondriacal people, on the contrary, are forced, for want of an appetite for the real and substantial, to look out for a more airy food and speculative comforts. - [Despair] As hypocrisy is said to be the highest compliment to virtue, the art of lying is the strongest acknowledgment of the force of truth. - [Hypocrisy] As is our confidence, so is our capacity. - [Confidence] As we are poetical in our natures, so we delight in fable. - [Fables] Asleep, nobody is a hypocrite. - [Hypocrisy] Avarice is the miser's dream, as fame is the poet's. - [Avarice] Books wind into the heart. - [Books] By despising all that has preceded us, we teach others to despise ourselves. - [Despise] Cant is the voluntary overcharging or prolongation of a real sentiment; hypocrisy is the setting up a pretension to a feeling you never had and have no wish for. - [Cant] Conceit is the most contemptible and one of the most odious qualities in the world. It is vanity driven from all other shifts, and forced to appeal to itself for admiration. - [Conceit] Cowardice is not synonymous with prudence. It often happens that the better part of discretion is valor. - [Cowardice] Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses. - [Cunning] Dandyism is a species of genius. - [Dandy] Death is the greatest evil, because it cuts off hope. - [Death] Death puts an end to rivalship and competition. The dead can boast no advantage over us, nor can we triumph over them. - [Dead] Displaying page 1 of 8 for this author: Next >> [1] 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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