Wine and youth are fire upon fire.
HENRY FIELDINGWhen mighty roast beef was the Englishman’s food It ennobled our hearts and enriched our blood– Our soldiers were brave and our courtiers were good. Oh! the roast beef of England. And Old England’s roast beef.
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It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.
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All nature wears one universal grin.
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The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
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Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
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Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
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Good-humor will even go so far as often to supply the lack of wit.
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The woman and the soldier who do not defend the first pass will never defend the last.
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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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Nothing more aggravates ill success than the near approach of good.
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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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Riches without charity are nothing worth. They are a blessing only to him who makes them a blessing to others.
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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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There is no zeal blinder than that which is inspired with a love of justice against offenders.
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Enough is equal to a feast.
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