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To be capable of steady friendship or lasting love, are the two greatest proofs, not only of goodness of heart, but of strength of mind.

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There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they will not let you have it.

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Old friendships are like meats served up repeatedly, cold, comfortless, and distasteful. The stomach turns against them.

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The English (it must be owned) are rather a foul-mouthed nation.

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Almost every sect of Christianity is a perversion of its essence, to accommodate it to the prejudices of the world.

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Our friends are generally ready to do everything for us, except the very thing we wish them to do.

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No young man ever thinks he shall die.

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Dandyism is a variety of genius.

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We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

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Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Critic

Born: April 10th, 1778

Died: September 18th, 1830

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