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Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.

Henry Fielding

For I hope my Friends will pardon me, when I declare, I know none of them without a Fault; and I should be sorry if I could imagine, I had any Friend who could not see mine. Forgiveness, of this Kind, we give and demand in Turn.
HENRY FIELDING

Demand Forgiveness Friendship Hope Kind Mistake Myself See
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
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
Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
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Blame Guilty Quick
A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
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Excellence Heart Taste True
Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
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Lover Moments Money Oneself
There’s one fool at least in every married couple.
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Couple Fools Marriage Oneself
Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
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Enemy Friendship Wine
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
There is nothing so useful to man in general, nor so beneficial to particular societies and individuals, as trade. This is that alma mater, at whose plentiful breast all mankind are nourished.
HENRY FIELDING

Kind Man Nourish Society Trade
There is no zeal blinder than that which is inspired with a love of justice against offenders.
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Blind Justice Love Offend
The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
HENRY FIELDING

Greatness People Praise Worth
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
I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more.
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Blessing Greatness Myself Rich Satisfaction
A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.
HENRY FIELDING

Charity Difficult Evidence Fools Man Rich

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