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A man may go to heaven with half the pains it cost him to purchase hell.

Henry Fielding

Good-humor will even go so far as often to supply the lack of wit.
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Goodness Humor Smart
When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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Children Fun Mischief Wasted Time
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
It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.
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Bad Change Easy Goodness Man Transformation Wisdom
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
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
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.
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Demand Forgiveness Friendship Hope Kind Mistake Myself See
Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
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Greatness Logic Poor Reason Rich
When I’m not thanked at all, I’m thanked enough.
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Enough Myself Thankful
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
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
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Best Defeat Head Tender
There’s one fool at least in every married couple.
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Couple Fools Marriage Oneself
A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
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Excellence Heart Taste True
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 good countenance is a letter of recommendation.
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Goodness Letter
A wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy’s eyes are open.
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Born Dog Eyes Open Wonder

A man may go to heaven with half the pains it cost him to purchase hell.

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