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The greatest part of mankind labor under one delirium or another; and Don Quixote differed from the rest, not in madness, but the species of it. The covetous, the prodigal, the superstitious, the libertine, and the coffee-house politician, are all Quixotes in their several ways.

Henry Fielding

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
Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.
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Errors Justice Leadership Man
What a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil’s work for free.
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Devil Freedom Himself Work
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
Handsome is that handsome does.
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Action Beautiful Handsome One Liner
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
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Best Gossip Love Sweet Talk Tea
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
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
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
When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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Children Fun Mischief Wasted Time
There is scarcely any man, how much soever he may despise the character of a flatterer, but will condescend in the meanest manner to flatter himself.
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Character Flattery Himself Man Praise
What is commonly called love, namely the desire of satisfying a voracious appetite with a certain quantity of delicate white human flesh.
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Delicate Desire Human Love Quantity Satisfaction
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
Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.
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Capability Charity Happiness Oneself Person Rich
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
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
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Best Defeat Head Tender

The greatest part of mankind labor under one delirium or another; and Don Quixote differed from the rest, not in madness, but the species of it. The covetous, the prodigal, the superstitious, the libertine, and the coffee-house politician, are all Quixotes in their several ways.

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The greatest part of mankind labor under one delirium or another; and Don Quixote differed from the rest, not in madness, but the species of it. The covetous, the prodigal, the superstitious, the libertine, and the coffee-house politician, are all Quixotes in their several ways.

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