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The life of a coquette is one constant lie; and the only rule by which you can form any correct judgment of them is that they are never what they seem.

Henry Fielding

Good writers will, indeed, do well to imitate the ingenious traveller, who always proportions his stay in any place.
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Goodness Place Stay Travel Writing
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
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Best Defeat Head Tender
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
No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.
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Beautiful See
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
The life of a coquette is one constant lie; and the only rule by which you can form any correct judgment of them is that they are never what they seem.
HENRY FIELDING

Correction Judgement Life Lying Oneself Rule
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
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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Creation Goodness Human Meditation Object
Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
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Enemy Friendship Wine
Success is a fruit of slow growth.
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Fruit Growth Slow Success
Some virtuous women are too liberal in their insults to a frail sister; but virtue can support itself without borrowing any assistance from the vices of other women.
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Insult Liberty Sister Vice Virtue Woman
It is not enough that your designs, nay that your actions, are intrinsically good, you must take care they shall appear so.
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Action Appearance Care Design Enough Goodness
Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
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Blame Guilty Quick
It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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Education Habit Nature Ourselves
Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
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Evil Goodness Man Sorry
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

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