A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation.

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801 Arguments out of a pretty mouth are unanswerable.
818 Man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter.
786 I value my garden more for being full of blackbirds than of cherries, and very frankly give them fruit for their songs.
808 Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a private station.
789 How beautiful is death, when earn'd by virtue! Who would not be that youth? What pity is it That we can die but once to serve our country!

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