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We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.

Henry Fielding

The highest friendship must always lead us to the highest pleasure.
HENRY FIELDING

Friendship Happiness Leadership
Good-breeding is not confined to externals, much less to any particular dress or attitude of the body; it is the art of pleasing, or contributing as much as possible to the ease and happiness of those with whom you converse.
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Attitude Conversation Goodness Happiness Possible
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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Beautiful Display Fear Friendship Glory Happiness Innocence Light Powerful Strong Transcendence
Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
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Adversity Himself Honesty Principle
Good writers will, indeed, do well to imitate the ingenious traveller, who always proportions his stay in any place.
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Goodness Place Stay Travel Writing
Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
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Greatness Logic Poor Reason Rich
A lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.
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Creation Fools Tax
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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Company General Greatness Place Rule Woman
There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.
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Animal Man Proud Universe
We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
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Book Company Corruption
There’s one fool at least in every married couple.
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Couple Fools Marriage Oneself
A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.
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Goodness Letter
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
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Best Gossip Love Sweet Talk Tea
Wicked companions invite us to hell.
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Company Hell Invitation One Liner Wickedness
Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
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Blame Guilty Quick
Never trust the man who has reason to suspect that you know he hath injured you.
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Injury Reason Trust Yourself

We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.

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