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Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.

Henry Fielding

Now in reality, the world has paid too great a compliment to critics, and has imagined them to be men of much greater profundity than they really are.
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Compliment Critics Greatness Imagination Man Pay Reality World
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
I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.
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Art Description Manners Myself
We should not be too hasty in bestowing either our praise or censure on mankind, since we shall often find such a mixture of good and evil in the same character, that it may require a very accurate judgment and a very elaborate inquiry to determine on which side the balance turns.
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Determination Evil Goodness Judgement Praise
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
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Best Gossip Love Sweet Talk Tea
Good-breeding is not confined to externals, much less to any particular dress or attitude of the body; it is the art of pleasing, or contributing as much as possible to the ease and happiness of those with whom you converse.
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Attitude Conversation Goodness Happiness Possible
A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.
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Charity Difficult Evidence Fools Man Rich
Handsome is that handsome does.
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Action Beautiful Handsome One Liner
There cannot be a move glorious object in creation than a human being replete with benevolence, meditating in what manner he might render himself most acceptable to his Creator by doing most good to His creatures.
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Creation Goodness Human Meditation Object
Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
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Greatness Logic Poor Reason Rich
All nature wears one universal grin.
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Nature One Liner Smile Universe
Never trust the man who has reason to suspect that you know he hath injured you.
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Injury Reason Trust Yourself
Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
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Lover Moments Money Oneself
Some virtuous women are too liberal in their insults to a frail sister; but virtue can support itself without borrowing any assistance from the vices of other women.
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Insult Liberty Sister Vice Virtue Woman
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
No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.
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