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Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.

Henry Fielding

Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
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Blame Guilty Quick
No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.
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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
When I’m not thanked at all, I’m thanked enough.
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A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.
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Never trust the man who has reason to suspect that you know he hath injured you.
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Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.
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Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
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Good writers will, indeed, do well to imitate the ingenious traveller, who always proportions his stay in any place.
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Goodness Place Stay Travel Writing
It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
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Success is a fruit of slow growth.
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There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.
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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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Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.
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Education Immortal Public School Vice
The life of a coquette is one constant lie; and the only rule by which you can form any correct judgment of them is that they are never what they seem.
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Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.

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