I am strangely addicted to the writing of long letters, which, I am afraid, tire you; and for … - Mary Collyer

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I learned always to trust my own deep sense of what I should do, and not just obediently trust the judgment of others - even others better than I am.

Mary Collyer

I am strangely addicted to the writing of long letters, which, I am afraid, tire you; and for the future, I believe, I must be less communicative, in order to be less troublesome.

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Virtue is the music of the soul, the harmony of the passions.

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Virtue is the music of the soul, the harmony of the passions; it is the order, the symmetry, the interior beauty of the mind; the source of the truest pleasures, the fountain of the sublimest and most perfect happiness.

Order, Passion, Perfect, Soul, Truest

I am to consider the many advantages arising from a frequent use of oaths, curses, and imprecations. In the first place, this genteel accomplishment is a wonderful help to discourse; as it supplies the want of good sense, learning, and eloquence. The illiterate and stupid, by the help of oaths, become orators; and he, whose wretched intellects would not permit him to utter a coherent sentence, by this easy practice, excites the laughter, and fixes the attention, of a brilliant and joyous circle.

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swearing is, as I have said, learning to the ignorant, eloquence to the blockhead, vivacity to the stupid, and wit to the coxcomb.

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Oaths and curses are a proof of a most heroic courage, at least in appearance, which answers the same end.

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I learned always to trust my own deep sense of what I should do, and not just obediently trust the judgment of others - even others better than I am.

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