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To the composition of novels and romances, nothing is necessary but paper, pens, and ink, with the manual capacity of using them.

Henry Fielding

Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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Animal Drink Man Teaching Thirst
There is nothing so useful to man in general, nor so beneficial to particular societies and individuals, as trade. This is that alma mater, at whose plentiful breast all mankind are nourished.
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Kind Man Nourish Society Trade
We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
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Book Company Corruption
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
There 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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Character Flattery Himself Man Praise
It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
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Death Deep Terrible
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
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
The highest friendship must always lead us to the highest pleasure.
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Friendship Happiness Leadership
Wine and youth are fire upon fire.
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Fire One Liner Wine Youth
A lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.
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Creation Fools Tax
Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.
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Heaven Justice Leaving Mercy
There are two considerations which always imbitter the heart of an avaricious man–the one is a perpetual thirst after more riches, the other the prospect of leaving what he has already acquired.
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Choice Heart Himself Leaving Man Rich
When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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Children Fun Mischief Wasted Time
Enough is equal to a feast.
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Enough Equality One Liner
Riches without charity are nothing worth. They are a blessing only to him who makes them a blessing to others.
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Blessing Charity Himself Rich Worth
Life may as properly be called an art as any other.
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Art Life Proper
Penny saved is a penny got.
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Money One Liner Save
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
Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
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Evil Money Root
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 must eat to live, and not live to eat.
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Eat Live One Liner
When I’m not thanked at all, I’m thanked enough.
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Enough Myself Thankful
Nothing more aggravates ill success than the near approach of good.
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Goodness Sick Success
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
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Best Defeat Head Tender
There’s one fool at least in every married couple.
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Couple Fools Marriage Oneself
All nature wears one universal grin.
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Nature One Liner Smile Universe

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