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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.

Henry Fielding

Nothing more aggravates ill success than the near approach of good.
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Goodness Sick Success
There’s one fool at least in every married couple.
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Couple Fools Marriage Oneself
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
Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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Animal Drink Man Teaching Thirst
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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Blood Brave Food Heart
A lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.
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Creation Fools Tax
Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.
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Enemy Fight Happiness Hate
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
A beau is everything of a woman but the sex, and nothing of a man beside it.
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Man Sex Woman Worth
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
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
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
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
Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
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Evil Money Root
Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.
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Destruction Devil God Money Sick Yourself
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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Myself Religion Talk

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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