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I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more.

Henry Fielding

The life of a coquette is one constant lie; and the only rule by which you can form any correct judgment of them is that they are never what they seem.
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Correction Judgement Life Lying Oneself Rule
It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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Education Habit Nature Ourselves
The highest friendship must always lead us to the highest pleasure.
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Friendship Happiness Leadership
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
A lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.
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Creation Fools Tax
Where the law ends tyranny begins.
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Beginning End Law One Liner
Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
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Blame Guilty Quick
I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.
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Art Description Manners Myself
Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.
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Heaven Justice Leaving Mercy
Never trust the man who has reason to suspect that you know he hath injured you.
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Injury Reason Trust Yourself
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
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
Nothing more aggravates ill success than the near approach of good.
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Goodness Sick Success
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
When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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Children Fun Mischief Wasted Time
Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
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Evil Goodness Man Sorry

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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