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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

Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.
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Cheap Price Rate Talent Virtue Wisdom
Wine and youth are fire upon fire.
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Fire One Liner Wine Youth
Some virtuous women are too liberal in their insults to a frail sister; but virtue can support itself without borrowing any assistance from the vices of other women.
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Insult Liberty Sister Vice Virtue Woman
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
We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
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Disguise Ourselves Vice Virtue
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
Nothing more aggravates ill success than the near approach of good.
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Goodness Sick Success
There is no zeal blinder than that which is inspired with a love of justice against offenders.
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Blind Justice Love Offend
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
It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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Education Habit Nature Ourselves
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
A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
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Excellence Heart Taste True
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
Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
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Evil Goodness Man Sorry
Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.
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Education Immortal Public School Vice
Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.
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Errors Justice Leadership Man

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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