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

Henry Fielding

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There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.
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Animal Man Proud Universe
However exquisitely human nature may have been described by writers, the true practical system can be learned only in the world.
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Description Human Learning Nature World Writer
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
Good-humor will even go so far as often to supply the lack of wit.
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Goodness Humor Smart
He grew weary of this condescension, and began to treat the opinions of his wife with that haughtiuess and insolence, which none but those who deserve some contempt themselves can bestow, and those only who deserve no contempt can bear.
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Beginning Deserve Growth Himself
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
We must eat to live, and not live to eat.
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Eat Live One Liner
Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
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Lover Moments Money Oneself
A lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.
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Creation Fools Tax
Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
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Evil Goodness Man Sorry
There is no zeal blinder than that which is inspired with a love of justice against offenders.
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Blind Justice Love Offend
Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.
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Errors Justice Leadership Man
A man may go to heaven with half the pains it cost him to purchase hell.
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Cost Heaven Himself Man Pain Price
It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
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Death Deep Terrible
It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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Education Habit Nature Ourselves
Life may as properly be called an art as any other.
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Art Life Proper
Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
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Greatness Logic Poor Reason Rich
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
Love may be likened to a disease in this respect, that when it is denied a vent in one part, it will certainly break out in another; hence what a woman’s lips often conceal, her eyes, her blushes, and many little involuntary actions betray.
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Action Betrayal Break Lips Love Respect Woman
A wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy’s eyes are open.
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Born Dog Eyes Open Wonder
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
Good writers will, indeed, do well to imitate the ingenious traveller, who always proportions his stay in any place.
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Goodness Place Stay Travel Writing
Riches without charity are nothing worth. They are a blessing only to him who makes them a blessing to others.
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Blessing Charity Himself Rich Worth
No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.
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Beautiful See
Wine and youth are fire upon fire.
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Fire One Liner Wine Youth
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
Handsome is that handsome does.
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Action Beautiful Handsome One Liner

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