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Some virtuous women are too liberal in their insults to a frail sister; but virtue can support itself without borrowing any assistance from the vices of other women.

Henry Fielding

The life of a coquette is one constant lie; and the only rule by which you can form any correct judgment of them is that they are never what they seem.
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Correction Judgement Life Lying Oneself Rule
Where the law ends tyranny begins.
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Beginning End Law One Liner
The highest friendship must always lead us to the highest pleasure.
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Friendship Happiness Leadership
Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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Animal Drink Man Teaching Thirst
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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Blessing Greatness Myself Rich Satisfaction
Success is a fruit of slow growth.
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Fruit Growth Slow Success
Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.
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Heaven Justice Leaving Mercy
Some virtuous women are too liberal in their insults to a frail sister; but virtue can support itself without borrowing any assistance from the vices of other women.
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Insult Liberty Sister Vice Virtue Woman
For I hope my Friends will pardon me, when I declare, I know none of them without a Fault; and I should be sorry if I could imagine, I had any Friend who could not see mine. Forgiveness, of this Kind, we give and demand in Turn.
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Demand Forgiveness Friendship Hope Kind Mistake Myself See
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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Argument Country Fight Himself Pieces
We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
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Disguise Ourselves Vice Virtue
A beau is everything of a woman but the sex, and nothing of a man beside it.
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Man Sex Woman Worth
Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
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Lover Moments Money Oneself
When I’m not thanked at all, I’m thanked enough.
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Enough Myself Thankful
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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Food Happiness Kind Love Object Ourselves Word
A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
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Excellence Heart Taste True

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