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The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.

Henry Fielding

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
There cannot be a move glorious object in creation than a human being replete with benevolence, meditating in what manner he might render himself most acceptable to his Creator by doing most good to His creatures.
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Creation Goodness Human Meditation Object
Penny saved is a penny got.
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Money One Liner Save
Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
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Blame Guilty Quick
When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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Children Fun Mischief Wasted Time
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
For I hope my Friends will pardon me, when I declare, I know none of them without a Fault; and I should be sorry if I could imagine, I had any Friend who could not see mine. Forgiveness, of this Kind, we give and demand in Turn.
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Demand Forgiveness Friendship Hope Kind Mistake Myself See
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
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
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Best Defeat Head Tender
Handsome is that handsome does.
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Action Beautiful Handsome One Liner
We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
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Disguise Ourselves Vice Virtue
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
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
Where the law ends tyranny begins.
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Beginning End Law One Liner
Wicked companions invite us to hell.
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Company Hell Invitation One Liner Wickedness
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
The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
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Greatness People Praise Worth
I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.
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Art Description Manners Myself
Enough is equal to a feast.
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Enough Equality One Liner
Most men like in women what is most opposite their own characters.
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Character Man Woman
It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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Education Habit Nature Ourselves
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
The highest friendship must always lead us to the highest pleasure.
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Friendship Happiness Leadership
We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
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Book Company Corruption
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
Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.
HENRY FIELDING

Education Immortal Public School Vice

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