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Henry Fielding

Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.
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Dance Greatness Parents Stupidity Warm Weakness
However exquisitely human nature may have been described by writers, the true practical system can be learned only in the world.
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Description Human Learning Nature World Writer
It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
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Death Deep Terrible
Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
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Evil Goodness Man Sorry
There is no zeal blinder than that which is inspired with a love of justice against offenders.
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Blind Justice Love Offend
To the composition of novels and romances, nothing is necessary but paper, pens, and ink, with the manual capacity of using them.
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Capacity Necessary Novel Romance
The woman and the soldier who do not defend the first pass will never defend the last.
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Defense Protection Soldier Woman
Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.
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Errors Justice Leadership Man
Most men like in women what is most opposite their own characters.
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Character Man Woman
A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.
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Goodness Letter
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
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Best Defeat Head Tender
What a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil’s work for free.
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Devil Freedom Himself Work
What is commonly called love, namely the desire of satisfying a voracious appetite with a certain quantity of delicate white human flesh.
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Delicate Desire Human Love Quantity Satisfaction
There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.
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Animal Man Proud Universe
Human life very much resembles a game of chess: for, as in the latter, while a gamester is too attentive to secure himself very strongly on one side of the board, he is apt to leave an unguarded opening on the other, so doth it often happen in life.
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Game Human Leaving Life Security
We must eat to live, and not live to eat.
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Eat Live One Liner

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