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The constant desire of pleasing which is the peculiar quality of some, may be called the happiest of all desires in this that it rarely fails of attaining its end when not disgraced by affectation.

Henry Fielding

There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.
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Animal Man Proud Universe
Most men like in women what is most opposite their own characters.
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Character Man Woman
A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.
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Media News Value Word Worth
What a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil’s work for free.
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Devil Freedom Himself Work
Never trust the man who has reason to suspect that you know he hath injured you.
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Injury Reason Trust Yourself
I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.
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Art Description Manners Myself
The woman and the soldier who do not defend the first pass will never defend the last.
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Defense Protection Soldier Woman
A beau is everything of a woman but the sex, and nothing of a man beside it.
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Man Sex Woman Worth
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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Beautiful Display Fear Friendship Glory Happiness Innocence Light Powerful Strong Transcendence
A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
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Excellence Heart Taste True
Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
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Evil Money Root
To the composition of novels and romances, nothing is necessary but paper, pens, and ink, with the manual capacity of using them.
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Capacity Necessary Novel Romance
Wicked companions invite us to hell.
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Company Hell Invitation One Liner Wickedness
Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
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Appearance Fashion Inspirational Oneself Science
Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.
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Capability Charity Happiness Oneself Person Rich
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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Game Human Leaving Life Security

The constant desire of pleasing which is the peculiar quality of some, may be called the happiest of all desires in this that it rarely fails of attaining its end when not disgraced by affectation.

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The constant desire of pleasing which is the peculiar quality of some, may be called the happiest of all desires in this that it rarely fails of attaining its end when not disgraced by affectation.

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