Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
HENRY FIELDINGFashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
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He grew weary of this condescension, and began to treat the opinions of his wife with that haughtiuess and insolence, which none but those who deserve some contempt themselves can bestow, and those only who deserve no contempt can bear.
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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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When 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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What a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil’s work for free.
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Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.
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Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
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Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.
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Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.
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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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Wicked companions invite us to hell.
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When I mention religion I mean the Christian religion; and not only the Christian religion, but the Protestant religion; and not only the Protestant religion, but the Church of England.
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Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
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A man may go to heaven with half the pains it cost him to purchase hell.
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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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We must eat to live, and not live to eat.
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