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No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.

Henry Fielding

Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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Animal Drink Man Teaching Thirst
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
When I’m not thanked at all, I’m thanked enough.
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Enough Myself Thankful
Where the law ends tyranny begins.
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Beginning End Law One Liner
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
We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
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Book Company Corruption
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 endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
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Disguise Ourselves Vice Virtue
Most men like in women what is most opposite their own characters.
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Character Man Woman
There’s one fool at least in every married couple.
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Couple Fools Marriage Oneself
Wicked companions invite us to hell.
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Company Hell Invitation One Liner Wickedness
Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.
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Education Immortal Public School Vice
Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
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Evil Goodness Man Sorry
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
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
Tea! The panacea for everything from weariness to a cold to a murder Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
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Best Cold Love Murder Tea

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