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A beau is everything of a woman but the sex, and nothing of a man beside it.

Henry Fielding

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.
HENRY FIELDING

Argument Country Fight Himself Pieces
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
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
Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.
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Education Immortal Public School Vice
We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
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Disguise Ourselves Vice Virtue
A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.
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Media News Value Word Worth
Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
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Enemy Friendship Wine
Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
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Blame Guilty Quick
There’s one fool at least in every married couple.
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Couple Fools Marriage Oneself
There is nothing so useful to man in general, nor so beneficial to particular societies and individuals, as trade. This is that alma mater, at whose plentiful breast all mankind are nourished.
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Kind Man Nourish Society Trade
I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more.
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Blessing Greatness Myself Rich Satisfaction
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
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
Now in reality, the world has paid too great a compliment to critics, and has imagined them to be men of much greater profundity than they really are.
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Compliment Critics Greatness Imagination Man Pay Reality World
All nature wears one universal grin.
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Nature One Liner Smile Universe
Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
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Greatness Logic Poor Reason Rich

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