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Handsome is that handsome does.

Henry Fielding

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
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
A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.
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Goodness Letter
When I’m not thanked at all, I’m thanked enough.
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Enough Myself Thankful
Penny saved is a penny got.
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Money One Liner Save
The highest friendship must always lead us to the highest pleasure.
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Friendship Happiness Leadership
A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
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Excellence Heart Taste True
Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
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Evil Goodness Man Sorry
Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
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Enemy Friendship Wine
Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
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Lover Moments Money Oneself
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
We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
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Disguise Ourselves Vice Virtue
It is not enough that your designs, nay that your actions, are intrinsically good, you must take care they shall appear so.
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Action Appearance Care Design Enough Goodness
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
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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Character Flattery Himself Man Praise
All nature wears one universal grin.
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Nature One Liner Smile Universe

Handsome is that handsome does.

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