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| History | The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed. |
| History | Anecdotes are the gleaming toys of history. The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed. |
| Hope | We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself. |
| Idleness | Gloomy calm of idle vacancy. |
| Idleness | As peace is the end of war, so to be idle is the ultimate purpose of the busy. |
| Ignorance | Ignorance, madam, pure ignorance. |
| Ingratitude | A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him. |
| Innocence | An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modest innocence away. |
| Inns | There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern of inn. |
| Jesting | Of all the griefs that harass the distress'd, Sure the most bitter is a scornful jest, Fate never wounds more deep the generous heart, Than when a blockhead's insult points the dart. |
| Jesting | Jesting, often, only proves a want of intellect. |
| Knowledge | The next best thing to knowing something is knowing where to find it. |
| Labor | Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime, it is not to be purchased at a lesser price. |
| Labor | Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime, it is not to be purchased at a lesser price. |
| Labor | Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas. |
| Language | Language is the only instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas. |
| Life | Life is a progress from want to want, not from enjoyment to enjoyment. |
| Life | The joy of life is variety, the tenderest love requires to be renewed by intervals of absence. |
| Liquor | Claret is the liquor for boys, port for men, but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. |
| Liquor | Alcohol is the anesthesia by which we endure the operation of life. |
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