~ It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust. ~  ~ As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy. ~ ~ To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself ~ ~ One of the amusements of idleness is reading without the fatigue of close attention; and the world therefore swarms with writers whose wish is not to be studied, but to be read. ~ ~ To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches; and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from others, and his idleness from himself. ~ ~ Gloomy calm of idle vacancy. ~ ~ Gloomy calm of idle vacancy. ~ ~ Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy. ~ ~ Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy. ~ ~ How guilt once harbour'd in the conscious breast , Intimidates the brave, degrades the great. ~ ~ Guilt has always its horrors and solicitudes; and, to make it yet more shameful and detestable, it is doomed often to stand in awe of those to whom nothing could give influence or weight but their power of betraying. ~ ~ Nothing flatters a man as much as the happiness of his wife; he is always proud of himself as the source of it. ~ ~ Just praise is only a debt, but flattery is a present. ~ ~ Luxury, so far as it reaches the people, will do good to the race of people; it will strengthen and multiply them. Sir, no nation was ever hurt by luxury; for, as I said before; it can reach but a very few. ~ ~ You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury--you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep them idle. ~ Most Popular Topics:
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