Wicked companions invite us to hell.
HENRY FIELDINGIn 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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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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Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.
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There is no zeal blinder than that which is inspired with a love of justice against offenders.
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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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Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
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Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.
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Most men like in women what is most opposite their own characters.
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It may be laid down as a general rule, that no woman who hath any great pretensions to admiration is ever well pleased in a company where she perceives herself to fill only the second place.
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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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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.
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It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.
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We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
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A man may go to heaven with half the pains it cost him to purchase hell.
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Nothing more aggravates ill success than the near approach of good.
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Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
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