The greatest object in the universe, says a certain philosopher, is a good man struggling with adversity; yet there is still a greater, which is the good man that comes to relieve it.
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Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.
O Memory, thou fond deceiver, Still importunate and vain, To former joys recurring ever, And turning all the past to pain.
LEONTINE. An only son, sir, might expect more indulgence. CROAKER. An only father, sir, might expect more obedience.
The true use of speech is not so much to express our wants as to conceal them.
That virtue which requires to be ever guarded is scarce worth the sentinel.
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