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Those who wander in the world avowedly and purposely in pursuit of happiness, who view every scene of present joy with an eye to what may succeed, certainly are more liable to disappointment, misfortune and unhappiness, than those who give up their fate to chance and take the goods and evils of fortune as they come, without making happiness their study, or misery their foresight.

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Generosity without delicacy, like wit without judgment, generally gives as much pain as pleasure.

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Travelling is the ruin of all happiness. There's no looking at a building here after seeing Italy.

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Concealment is the foe of tranquility.

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Nothing is so delicate as the reputation of a woman; it is at once the most beautiful and most brittle of all human things.

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to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.

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