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Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.

Henry Fielding

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
A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.
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Media News Value Word Worth
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
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
Never trust the man who has reason to suspect that you know he hath injured you.
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Injury Reason Trust Yourself
No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.
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Beautiful See
A beau is everything of a woman but the sex, and nothing of a man beside it.
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Man Sex Woman Worth
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
Love may be likened to a disease in this respect, that when it is denied a vent in one part, it will certainly break out in another; hence what a woman’s lips often conceal, her eyes, her blushes, and many little involuntary actions betray.
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Action Betrayal Break Lips Love Respect 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
Success is a fruit of slow growth.
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Fruit Growth Slow Success
Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.
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Errors Justice Leadership Man
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
Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
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Greatness Logic Poor Reason Rich
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
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

Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.

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