To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imaginati… — Quoted

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“To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagination.”

Lord Chesterfield · Imagination

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I find, by experience, that the mind and the body are more than married, for they are most intimately united and when one suffers, the other sympathizes.

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In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice because I will not have anybody's torments in this world or the next laid to my charge.

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Good breeding is the result of good sense, some good nature, and a little self-denial for the sake of others.

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Swift speedy time, feathered with flying hours, Dissolves the beauty of the fairest brow.

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