Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.
HENRY FIELDINGDancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.
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Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
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There is no zeal blinder than that which is inspired with a love of justice against offenders.
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Nothing more aggravates ill success than the near approach of good.
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A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
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There’s one fool at least in every married couple.
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We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
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It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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Enough is equal to a feast.
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A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.
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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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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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Tea! The panacea for everything from weariness to a cold to a murder Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
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Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.
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Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
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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.
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