The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
HENRY FIELDINGThere 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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It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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Nothing more aggravates ill success than the near approach of good.
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Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
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Penny saved is a penny got.
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We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
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Wicked companions invite us to hell.
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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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Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
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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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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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Wine and youth are fire upon fire.
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A 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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The highest friendship must always lead us to the highest pleasure.
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Life may as properly be called an art as any other.
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Success is a fruit of slow growth.
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