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A lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.

Henry Fielding

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
Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.
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Errors Justice Leadership Man
Wine and youth are fire upon fire.
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Fire One Liner Wine Youth
Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.
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Destruction Devil God Money Sick Yourself
There is nothing so useful to man in general, nor so beneficial to particular societies and individuals, as trade. This is that alma mater, at whose plentiful breast all mankind are nourished.
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Kind Man Nourish Society Trade
Where the law ends tyranny begins.
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Beginning End Law One Liner
Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
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Greatness Logic Poor Reason Rich
Never trust the man who has reason to suspect that you know he hath injured you.
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Injury Reason Trust Yourself
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
The woman and the soldier who do not defend the first pass will never defend the last.
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Defense Protection Soldier Woman
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
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.
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Determination Evil Goodness Judgement Praise
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
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
Good-breeding is not confined to externals, much less to any particular dress or attitude of the body; it is the art of pleasing, or contributing as much as possible to the ease and happiness of those with whom you converse.
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Attitude Conversation Goodness Happiness Possible

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