Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
HENRY FIELDINGThere 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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There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.
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LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites.
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Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.
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It may be laid down as a general rule, that no woman who hath any great pretensions to admiration is ever well pleased in a company where she perceives herself to fill only the second place.
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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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A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.
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Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
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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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Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
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A wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy’s eyes are open.
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Life may as properly be called an art as any other.
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Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
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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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We should not be too hasty in bestowing either our praise or censure on mankind, since we shall often find such a mixture of good and evil in the same character, that it may require a very accurate judgment and a very elaborate inquiry to determine on which side the balance turns.
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