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It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.

Henry Fielding

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.
HENRY FIELDING

Determination Evil Goodness Judgement Praise
Giving comfort under affliction requires that penetration into the human mind, joined to that experience which knows how to soothe, how to reason, and how to ridicule; taking the utmost care never to apply those arts improperly.
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Art Comfortable Experience Human Mindset
Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.
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Errors Justice Leadership Man
Never trust the man who has reason to suspect that you know he hath injured you.
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Injury Reason Trust Yourself
The greatest part of mankind labor under one delirium or another; and Don Quixote differed from the rest, not in madness, but the species of it. The covetous, the prodigal, the superstitious, the libertine, and the coffee-house politician, are all Quixotes in their several ways.
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Greatness Home Kind Mad Man Politics Way
Where the law ends tyranny begins.
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Beginning End Law One Liner
It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
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Death Deep Terrible
Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
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Appearance Fashion Inspirational Oneself Science
Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.
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Cheap Price Rate Talent Virtue Wisdom
A wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy’s eyes are open.
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Born Dog Eyes Open Wonder
O innocence, how glorious and happy a portion art thou to the breast that possesses thee! thou fearest neither the eyes nor the tongues of men. Truth, the most powerful of all things, is thy strongest friend; and the brighter the light is in which thou art displayed, the more it discovers thy transcendent beauties.
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Beautiful Display Fear Friendship Glory Happiness Innocence Light Powerful Strong Transcendence
Riches without charity are nothing worth. They are a blessing only to him who makes them a blessing to others.
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Blessing Charity Himself Rich Worth
A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.
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Goodness Letter
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
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Best Defeat Head Tender
I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.
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Art Description Manners Myself
We must eat to live, and not live to eat.
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Eat Live One Liner

It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.

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