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Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.

Henry Fielding

I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more.
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Blessing Greatness Myself Rich Satisfaction
LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites.
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Food Happiness Kind Love Object Ourselves Word
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
To the composition of novels and romances, nothing is necessary but paper, pens, and ink, with the manual capacity of using them.
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Capacity Necessary Novel Romance
Never trust the man who has reason to suspect that you know he hath injured you.
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Injury Reason Trust Yourself
I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.
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Art Description Manners Myself
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
Good-humor will even go so far as often to supply the lack of wit.
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Goodness Humor Smart
In a debate, rather pull to pieces the argument of thy antagonists than offer him any of thy own; for thus thou wilt fight him in his own country.
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Argument Country Fight Himself Pieces
Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.
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Education Immortal Public School Vice
Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
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Adversity Himself Honesty Principle
A man may go to heaven with half the pains it cost him to purchase hell.
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Cost Heaven Himself Man Pain Price
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
Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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Animal Drink Man Teaching Thirst
Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
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Evil Money Root
Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
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Evil Goodness Man Sorry

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