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" We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting. "

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" To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labor tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution. "

" Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return. "

" There is, indeed, nothing that so much seduces reason from vigilance, as the thought of passing life with an amiable woman. "

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" Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content. "

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