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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.

Henry Fielding

We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
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Disguise Ourselves Vice Virtue
The constant desire of pleasing which is the peculiar quality of some, may be called the happiest of all desires in this that it rarely fails of attaining its end when not disgraced by affectation.
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Desire Failure Grace Happiness Quality Rare Weird
Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.
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Cheap Price Rate Talent Virtue Wisdom
Handsome is that handsome does.
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Action Beautiful Handsome One Liner
We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
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Book Company Corruption
Wine and youth are fire upon fire.
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Fire One Liner Wine Youth
Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
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Lover Moments Money Oneself
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
A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.
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Goodness Letter
However exquisitely human nature may have been described by writers, the true practical system can be learned only in the world.
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Description Human Learning Nature World Writer
Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.
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Heaven Justice Leaving Mercy
There is scarcely any man, how much soever he may despise the character of a flatterer, but will condescend in the meanest manner to flatter himself.
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Character Flattery Himself Man Praise
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
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Best Gossip Love Sweet Talk Tea
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
Domestic happiness is the end of almost all our pursuits, and the common reward of all our pains. When men find themselves forever barred from this delightful fruition, they are lost to all industry, and grow careless of all their worldly affairs. Thus they become bad subjects, bad relations, bad friends, and bad men.
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Bad End Forever Growth Happiness Man Pain Pursuit Relation Reward Subject World
Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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Animal Drink Man Teaching Thirst

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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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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