Quote #14

Drunkenness is the vice of a good constitution or a bad memory; of a constitution so treacherously good that it never bends until it break; or of a memory that recollects the pleasure of getting drunk, but forgets the pains of getting sober.

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  1. Deliberate with caution, but act with decision, and yield with graciousness, or oppose with firmness.
  2. Ennui has made more gamblers than avarice, more drunkards than thirst, and perhaps as many suicides as despair.
  3. Death is the liberator of him whom freedom cannot release, the physician of him whom medicine cannot cure, and the comforter of him whom ti…
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  5. An upright minister asks, what recommends a man, a corrupt minister asks who.
  6. For one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes, there are a thousand who sincerely hates our successes.
  7. An act, by which we make one friend, and one enemy, is a losing game, because revenge is a much stronger principle than gratitude.
  8. Habit will reconcile us to everything but change.

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