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Domestic happiness is the end of almost all our pursuits, and the common reward of all our pains. When men find themselves forever barred from this delightful fruition, they are lost to all industry, and grow careless of all their worldly affairs. Thus they become bad subjects, bad relations, bad friends, and bad men.

Henry Fielding

Wine and youth are fire upon fire.
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Fire One Liner Wine Youth
We must eat to live, and not live to eat.
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Eat Live One Liner
It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
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Death Deep Terrible
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
Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.
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Heaven Justice Leaving Mercy
Handsome is that handsome does.
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Action Beautiful Handsome One Liner
Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
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Greatness Logic Poor Reason Rich
The greatest part of mankind labor under one delirium or another; and Don Quixote differed from the rest, not in madness, but the species of it. The covetous, the prodigal, the superstitious, the libertine, and the coffee-house politician, are all Quixotes in their several ways.
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Greatness Home Kind Mad Man Politics Way
Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.
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Destruction Devil God Money Sick Yourself
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
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
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
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Best Defeat Head Tender
No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.
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Beautiful See
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
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Best Gossip Love Sweet Talk Tea
There cannot be a move glorious object in creation than a human being replete with benevolence, meditating in what manner he might render himself most acceptable to his Creator by doing most good to His creatures.
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Creation Goodness Human Meditation Object
Where the law ends tyranny begins.
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Beginning End Law One Liner

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