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A wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy’s eyes are open.

Henry Fielding

Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
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Adversity Himself Honesty Principle
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
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Best Defeat Head Tender
Nothing more aggravates ill success than the near approach of good.
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Goodness Sick Success
What a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil’s work for free.
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Devil Freedom Himself Work
We must eat to live, and not live to eat.
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Eat Live One Liner
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
Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.
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Errors Justice Leadership Man
In a debate, rather pull to pieces the argument of thy antagonists than offer him any of thy own; for thus thou wilt fight him in his own country.
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Argument Country Fight Himself Pieces
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.
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Correction Judgement Life Lying Oneself Rule
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
We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
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Book Company Corruption
Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.
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Cheap Price Rate Talent Virtue Wisdom
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
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
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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Desire Failure Grace Happiness Quality Rare Weird
It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
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Death Deep Terrible

A wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy’s eyes are open.

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