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We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.

Henry Fielding

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
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
We must eat to live, and not live to eat.
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Eat Live One Liner
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
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
Wine and youth are fire upon fire.
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Fire One Liner Wine Youth
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
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
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
Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.
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Errors Justice Leadership Man
Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.
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Education Immortal Public School Vice
Success is a fruit of slow growth.
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Fruit Growth Slow Success
Most men like in women what is most opposite their own characters.
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Character Man Woman
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
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

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