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

Henry Fielding

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
All nature wears one universal grin.
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Nature One Liner Smile Universe
There are two considerations which always imbitter the heart of an avaricious man–the one is a perpetual thirst after more riches, the other the prospect of leaving what he has already acquired.
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Choice Heart Himself Leaving Man Rich
I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.
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Art Description Manners Myself
Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
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Greatness Logic Poor Reason Rich
Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.
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Dance Greatness Parents Stupidity Warm Weakness
It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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Education Habit Nature Ourselves
We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
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Book Company Corruption
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
Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
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Lover Moments Money Oneself
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
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
LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites.
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Food Happiness Kind Love Object Ourselves Word
Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.
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Capability Charity Happiness Oneself Person Rich
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
Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.
HENRY FIELDING

Destruction Devil God Money Sick Yourself

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

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