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Wit must be without effort. Wit is play, not work; a nimbleness of the fancy, not a laborious effort of the will; a license, a holiday, a carnival of thought and feeling, not a trifling with speech, a constraint upon language, a duress upon words. - [Wit] Woman's power is over the affections. A beautiful dominion is hers; but she risks its forfeiture when she seeks to extend it. - [Power] Women seldom forfeit their claims to respect to men whom they respect. - [Respect] Words of praise, indeed, are almost as necessary to warm a child into a genial life as acts of kindness and affection. Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers. - [Praise] Youth is too tumultuous for felicity; old age too insecure for happiness. The period most favorable to enjoyment, in a vigorous fortunate, and generous life, is that between forty and sixty. Life culminates at sixty. - [Happiness] There is probably no hell for authors in the next world--they suffer so much from critics and publishers in this. - Summaries of Thought--Authors [Authorship] Loss of sincerity is loss of vital power. - Summaries of Thought--Sincerity [Sincerity] Displaying page 9 of 9 for this author: << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 [9]
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