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Whatever one MUST do, one should do 'de bonne grace'.
Appears that you are rather a gainer by your misfortune.
I, who am not apt to know anything that I do not know.
In short, let it be your maxim through life to know all you can know,
yourself; and never to trust implicitly to the informations of others.
This rule has been of infinite service to me in the course of my life.
I feel a gradual decay, though a gentle one; and I think that I shall not
tumble, but slide gently to the bottom of the hill of life. When that
will be, I neither know nor care, for I am very weary.
I find nothing much worth either desiring or fearing. But these
reflections, which suit with seventy, would be greatly premature at two-
and-thirty. So make the best of your time; enjoy the present hour, but
'memor ultimae'.
In the intercourse of the world, it is often necessary to seem ignorant
of what one knows, and to have forgotten what one remembers.
Always made the best of the best, and never made bad worse
American Colonies
Be neither transported nor depressed by the accidents of life
Doing, 'de bonne grace', what you could not help doing
EVERY DAY IS STILL BUT AS THE FIRST
Everything has a better and a worse side
Extremely weary of this silly world
Gainer by your misfortune
I, who am not apt to know anything that I do not know
Intrinsic, and not their imaginary value
My own health varies, as usual, but never deviates into good
National honor and interest have been sacrificed to private
Neither abilities or words enough to call a coach
Neither know nor care, (when I die) for I am very weary
Never saw a froward child mended by whipping
Never to trust implicitly to the informations of others
Not make their want still worse by grieving and regretting them
Not tumble, but slide gently to the bottom of the hill of life
Nothing much worth either desiring or fearing
Often necessary to seem ignorant of what one knows
Only solid and lasting peace, between a man and his wife
Oysters, are only in season in the R months
Patience is the only way not to make bad worse
Recommends self-conversation to all authors
Return you the ball 'a la volee'
Settled here for good, as it is called
Stamp-duty, which our Colonists absolutely refuse to pay
Thinks himself much worse than he is
To seem to have forgotten what one remembers
We shall be feared, if we do not show that we fear
Whatever one must do, one should do 'de bonne grace'
Who takes warning by the fate of others?
Women are all so far Machiavelians
LETTERS TO HIS SON, 1766-71
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