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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.

Henry Fielding

We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
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Book Company Corruption
Penny saved is a penny got.
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Money One Liner Save
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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Determination Evil Goodness Judgement Praise
No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.
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Beautiful See
Good-humor will even go so far as often to supply the lack of wit.
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Goodness Humor Smart
Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.
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Cheap Price Rate Talent Virtue Wisdom
When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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Children Fun Mischief Wasted Time
A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
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Excellence Heart Taste True
It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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Education Habit Nature Ourselves
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
Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.
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Dance Greatness Parents Stupidity Warm Weakness
What is commonly called love, namely the desire of satisfying a voracious appetite with a certain quantity of delicate white human flesh.
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Delicate Desire Human Love Quantity Satisfaction
A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.
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Charity Difficult Evidence Fools Man Rich
Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.
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Capability Charity Happiness Oneself Person Rich
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
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Best Gossip Love Sweet Talk Tea
It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
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Death Deep Terrible

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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