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men gentleman ease
The manner of a vulgar man has freedom without ease, and the manner of a gentleman has ease without freedom.
music light play
If you love music hear it; go to operas, concerts, and pay fiddlers to play to you; but I insist upon your neither piping nor fiddling yourself. It puts a gentleman in a very frivolous, contemptible light; brings him into a great deal of bad company; and takes up a great deal of time, which might be much better employed.
men degrees enough
No man can possibly improve in any company for which he has not respect enough to be under some degree of restraint.
family gossip people
Cautiously avoid speaking of the domestic affairs either of yourself, or of other people. Yours are nothing to them but tedious gossip; and theirs are nothing to you.
men may haste
A man of sense may be in haste, but can never be in a hurry.
justice judgment all-occasions
Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is.
defense manners courtesy
Ceremony is necessary as the outwork and defense of manners.
philosophy pedants philosopher
The scholar without good breeding is a pedant; the philosopher, a cynic.
men stupidity ignorant
An ignorant man is insignificant and contemptible; nobody cares for his company, and he can just be said to live, and that is all.
inspirational-life people gold
Virtue and learning, like gold, have their intrinsic value: but if they are not polished, they certainly lose a great deal of their luster: and even polished brass will pass upon more people than rough gold.
ignorance government errors
Absolute power can only be supported by error, ignorance and prejudice.
character men wisest-man
Mankind is made up of inconsistencies, and no man acts invariably up to his predominant character. The wisest man sometimes acts weakly, and the weakest sometimes wisely.
retirement years two
Lord Tyrawley and I have been dead these two years, but we don't choose to have it known.
vegetables dinner culinary
Artichoke: That vegetable of which one has more at the finish than at the start of dinner.