LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites.
HENRY FIELDINGThere are two considerations which always imbitter the heart of an avaricious man–the one is a perpetual thirst after more riches, the other the prospect of leaving what he has already acquired.
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It is not enough that your designs, nay that your actions, are intrinsically good, you must take care they shall appear so.
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We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
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What a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil’s work for free.
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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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When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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Never trust the man who has reason to suspect that you know he hath injured you.
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The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
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When I mention religion I mean the Christian religion; and not only the Christian religion, but the Protestant religion; and not only the Protestant religion, but the Church of England.
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Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
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Good writers will, indeed, do well to imitate the ingenious traveller, who always proportions his stay in any place.
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The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
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Tea! The panacea for everything from weariness to a cold to a murder Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
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We must eat to live, and not live to eat.
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Enough is equal to a feast.
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Wine and youth are fire upon fire.
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