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Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

Henry Fielding

Never trust the man who has reason to suspect that you know he hath injured you.
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Injury Reason Trust Yourself
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
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
It may be laid down as a general rule, that no woman who hath any great pretensions to admiration is ever well pleased in a company where she perceives herself to fill only the second place.
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Company General Greatness Place Rule Woman
No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.
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Beautiful See
When I’m not thanked at all, I’m thanked enough.
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Enough Myself Thankful
It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
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Death Deep Terrible
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
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
When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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Children Fun Mischief Wasted Time
Success is a fruit of slow growth.
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Fruit Growth Slow Success
Where the law ends tyranny begins.
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Beginning End Law One Liner
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
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Best Defeat Head Tender
Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
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Evil Money Root
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
What is commonly called love, namely the desire of satisfying a voracious appetite with a certain quantity of delicate white human flesh.
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Delicate Desire Human Love Quantity Satisfaction

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