Riches without charity are nothing worth. They are a blessing only to him who makes them a blessing to others.
HENRY FIELDINGA 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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Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.
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The highest friendship must always lead us to the highest pleasure.
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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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Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
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Penny saved is a penny got.
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Giving comfort under affliction requires that penetration into the human mind, joined to that experience which knows how to soothe, how to reason, and how to ridicule; taking the utmost care never to apply those arts improperly.
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I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.
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There is no zeal blinder than that which is inspired with a love of justice against offenders.
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Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
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A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
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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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Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
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It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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There is scarcely any man, how much soever he may despise the character of a flatterer, but will condescend in the meanest manner to flatter himself.
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