Digressions, incontestably, are the sunshine, the life, the soul of reading! Take them out and one cold eternal winter would reign in every page. Restore them to the writer - he steps forth like a bridegroom, bids them all-hail, brings in variety and forbids the appetite to fail.
タグ: writing, reading, censorship

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Keyholes are the occasions of more sin and wickedness, than all other holes in this world put together.
タグ: sin, more, together, world
Religion which lays so many restraints upon us, is a troublesome companion to those who will lay no restraints upon themselves.
タグ: us, who, will, religion
Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest.
タグ: themselves, pursuit, rest, men
Sciences may be learned by rote, but wisdom not.
タグ: sciences, learned, may, wisdom
One may as well be asleep as to read for anything but to improve his mind and morals, and regulate his conduct.
タグ: well, anything, morals, mind
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