A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.
HENRY FIELDINGThere is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.
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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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It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
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Penny saved is a penny got.
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Good-humor will even go so far as often to supply the lack of wit.
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Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.
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We must eat to live, and not live to eat.
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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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Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
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The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
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Success is a fruit of slow growth.
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Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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Handsome is that handsome does.
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Wicked companions invite us to hell.
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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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It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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