There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.
HENRY FIELDINGLet no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
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Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
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Good writers will, indeed, do well to imitate the ingenious traveller, who always proportions his stay in any place.
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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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A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.
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It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
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Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
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Enough is equal to a feast.
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It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
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Success is a fruit of slow growth.
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Never trust the man who has reason to suspect that you know he hath injured you.
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What a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil’s work for free.
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Wicked companions invite us to hell.
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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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When mighty roast beef was the Englishman’s food It ennobled our hearts and enriched our blood– Our soldiers were brave and our courtiers were good. Oh! the roast beef of England. And Old England’s roast beef.
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