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The sinner is not only liable to that disappointment of success which so often prostrates all the designs of men, but liable to a disappointment still more cruel, of being successful and miserable at once.
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Anxiety is the poison of human life ; the parent of many sins and of more miseries. – In a world where everything is doubtful, and where we may be disappointed, and be blessed in disappointment, why this restless stir and commotion of mind? – Can it alter the cause, or unravel the mystery of human events?
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Born:
April 7, 1718
Died:
December 27, 1800
(aged 82)
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