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It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.

Henry Fielding

To the composition of novels and romances, nothing is necessary but paper, pens, and ink, with the manual capacity of using them.
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Capacity Necessary Novel Romance
All nature wears one universal grin.
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Nature One Liner Smile Universe
Enough is equal to a feast.
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Enough Equality One Liner
Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
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Evil Goodness Man Sorry
When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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Children Fun Mischief Wasted Time
Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.
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Heaven Justice Leaving Mercy
Where the law ends tyranny begins.
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Beginning End Law One Liner
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
We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
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Disguise Ourselves Vice Virtue
Life may as properly be called an art as any other.
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Art Life Proper
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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Determination Evil Goodness Judgement Praise
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
Wine and youth are fire upon fire.
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Fire One Liner Wine Youth
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
The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
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Greatness People Praise Worth
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

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