There 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.
HENRY FIELDINGLove 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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Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
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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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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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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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Wicked companions invite us to hell.
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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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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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Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
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It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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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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Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
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Good-breeding is not confined to externals, much less to any particular dress or attitude of the body; it is the art of pleasing, or contributing as much as possible to the ease and happiness of those with whom you converse.
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Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.
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Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.
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Human life very much resembles a game of chess: for, as in the latter, while a gamester is too attentive to secure himself very strongly on one side of the board, he is apt to leave an unguarded opening on the other, so doth it often happen in life.
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Handsome is that handsome does.
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A beau is everything of a woman but the sex, and nothing of a man beside it.
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I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.
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When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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Most men like in women what is most opposite their own characters.
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Enough is equal to a feast.
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Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
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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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What a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil’s work for free.
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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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