When I mention religion I mean the Christian religion; and not only the Christian religion, but the Protestant religion; and not only the Protestant religion, but the Church of England.
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 are two considerations which always imbitter the heart of an avaricious man–the one is a perpetual thirst after more riches, the other the prospect of leaving what he has already acquired.
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The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
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Life may as properly be called an art as any other.
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No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.
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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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Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.
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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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Where the law ends tyranny begins.
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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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It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.
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Riches without charity are nothing worth. They are a blessing only to him who makes them a blessing to others.
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Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
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A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.
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Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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O innocence, how glorious and happy a portion art thou to the breast that possesses thee! thou fearest neither the eyes nor the tongues of men. Truth, the most powerful of all things, is thy strongest friend; and the brighter the light is in which thou art displayed, the more it discovers thy transcendent beauties.
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