"There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy."

Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Irish Playwright

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"Those that vow the most are the least sincere."

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"That old man dies prematurely whose memory records no benefits conferred. They only have lived long who have lived virtuously."

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"The glorious uncertainty of the law was a thing well known and complained of, by all ignorant people, but all learned gentleman considered it as its greatest excellency."

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"The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed."

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"My valor is certainly going, it is sneaking off! I feel it oozing out as it were, at the palms of my hands!"

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"'Tis safest in matrimony to begin with a little aversion."

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"To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief."

Jest, Plants, Smile

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"In all parts of the Old World, as well as of the New, it was evident that Columbus had kindled a fire in every mariner's heart. That fire was the harbinger of a new era, for it was not to be extinguished."

Charles Kendall Adams, American Educator

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"A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man."

John Adams, American President

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"If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it."

Joseph Addison, English Writer

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"There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

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"Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon - it is the very heart of painting."

Josef Albers, German Artist

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"No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of responding to it."

James Allen, British Author

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"The way to a man's heart is through his chest."

Aaron Allston, American Novelist

Heart, Man

"She danced a jig, she sung a song that took my heart away."

William Allingham, Irish Poet

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"Easy is to occupy a place in a telephone book. Difficult is to occupy someone's heart; know that you're really loved."

Carlos Drummond de Andrade, Brazilian Poet

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"A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and in fleeing them the cowardice of the heart."

Pietro Aretino, Italian Poet

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"Those that vow the most are the least sincere."

"That old man dies prematurely whose memory records no benefits conferred. They only have lived long who have lived virtuously."

"The glorious uncertainty of the law was a thing well known and complained of, by all ignorant people, but all learned gentleman considered it as its greatest excellency."

"The number of those who undergo the fatigue of judging for themselves is very small indeed."

"The surest way to fail is not to determine to succeed."

"Pity those who nature abuses; never those who abuse nature."

"There's no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature."

"My valor is certainly going, it is sneaking off! I feel it oozing out as it were, at the palms of my hands!"

"'Tis safest in matrimony to begin with a little aversion."

"To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief."

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"In all parts of the Old World, as well as of the New, it was evident that Columbus had kindled a fire in every mariner's heart. That fire was the harbinger of a new era, for it was not to be extinguished."

"A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man."

"If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it."

"There are times when fear is good. It must keep its watchful place at the heart's controls."

"Simultaneous contrast is not just a curious optical phenomenon - it is the very heart of painting."

"No temptation can gravitate to a man unless there is that is his heart which is capable of responding to it."

"The way to a man's heart is through his chest."

"She danced a jig, she sung a song that took my heart away."

"Easy is to occupy a place in a telephone book. Difficult is to occupy someone's heart; know that you're really loved."

"A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and in fleeing them the cowardice of the heart."