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Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.

Henry Fielding

Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.
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Capability Charity Happiness Oneself Person Rich
There is scarcely any man, how much soever he may despise the character of a flatterer, but will condescend in the meanest manner to flatter himself.
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Character Flattery Himself Man Praise
A lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.
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Creation Fools Tax
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
In a debate, rather pull to pieces the argument of thy antagonists than offer him any of thy own; for thus thou wilt fight him in his own country.
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Argument Country Fight Himself Pieces
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
Good-humor will even go so far as often to supply the lack of wit.
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Goodness Humor Smart
All nature wears one universal grin.
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Nature One Liner Smile Universe
Penny saved is a penny got.
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Money One Liner Save
No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.
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Beautiful See
When I’m not thanked at all, I’m thanked enough.
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Enough Myself Thankful
A man may go to heaven with half the pains it cost him to purchase hell.
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Cost Heaven Himself Man Pain Price
Life may as properly be called an art as any other.
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Art Life Proper
It may be laid down as a general rule, that no woman who hath any great pretensions to admiration is ever well pleased in a company where she perceives herself to fill only the second place.
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Company General Greatness Place Rule Woman
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
Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.
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Destruction Devil God Money Sick Yourself

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