No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.
HENRY FIELDINGWhen children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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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 endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
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Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
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There 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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Wicked companions invite us to hell.
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Penny saved is a penny got.
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Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.
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The woman and the soldier who do not defend the first pass will never defend the last.
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When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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A wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy’s eyes are open.
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O innocence, how glorious and happy a portion art thou to the breast that possesses thee! thou fearest neither the eyes nor the tongues of men. Truth, the most powerful of all things, is thy strongest friend; and the brighter the light is in which thou art displayed, the more it discovers thy transcendent beauties.
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Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.
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Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
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