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

Henry Fielding

A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
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Excellence Heart Taste True
We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
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Book Company Corruption
Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.
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Destruction Devil God Money Sick Yourself
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
Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.
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Cheap Price Rate Talent Virtue Wisdom
We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
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Disguise Ourselves Vice Virtue
The highest friendship must always lead us to the highest pleasure.
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Friendship Happiness Leadership
When I mention religion I mean the Christian religion; and not only the Christian religion, but the Protestant religion; and not only the Protestant religion, but the Church of England.
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Myself Religion Talk
No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.
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Beautiful See
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
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
When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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Children Fun Mischief Wasted Time
However exquisitely human nature may have been described by writers, the true practical system can be learned only in the world.
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Description Human Learning Nature World Writer
Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
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Blame Guilty Quick
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
Never trust the man who has reason to suspect that you know he hath injured you.
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Injury Reason Trust Yourself
Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.
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Enemy Fight Happiness Hate
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
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
He grew weary of this condescension, and began to treat the opinions of his wife with that haughtiuess and insolence, which none but those who deserve some contempt themselves can bestow, and those only who deserve no contempt can bear.
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Beginning Deserve Growth Himself
Giving comfort under affliction requires that penetration into the human mind, joined to that experience which knows how to soothe, how to reason, and how to ridicule; taking the utmost care never to apply those arts improperly.
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Art Comfortable Experience Human Mindset
Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.
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Errors Justice Leadership Man
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
Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.
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Heaven Justice Leaving Mercy
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
Success is a fruit of slow growth.
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Fruit Growth Slow Success
It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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Education Habit Nature Ourselves

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

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