I will indulge my sorrows, and give way to all the pangs and fury of despair.
From Joseph Addison
That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel?
Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore they choose to throw down their pearls in heaps before the reader, rather than be at the pains of stringing them.
Talking with a friend is nothing else but thinking aloud.
Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolved.
It is only imperfection that complains of what is imperfect. The more perfect we are the more gentle and quiet we become towards the defects of others.
The unjustifiable severity of a parent is loaded with this aggravation, that those whom he injures are always in his sight.
There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.
Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasure! Endless torments dwell about thee: Yet who would live, and live without thee!
A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation.
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