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The highest friendship must always lead us to the highest pleasure.

Henry Fielding

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
We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
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Disguise Ourselves Vice Virtue
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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Greatness Home Kind Mad Man Politics Way
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
Penny saved is a penny got.
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Money One Liner Save
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
A wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy’s eyes are open.
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Born Dog Eyes Open Wonder
There’s one fool at least in every married couple.
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Couple Fools Marriage Oneself
When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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Children Fun Mischief Wasted Time
Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
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Evil Money Root
It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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Education Habit Nature Ourselves
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
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
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
A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.
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Charity Difficult Evidence Fools Man Rich
Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.
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Education Immortal Public School Vice

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