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Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.

Henry Fielding

Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.
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Dance Greatness Parents Stupidity Warm Weakness
Wicked companions invite us to hell.
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Company Hell Invitation One Liner Wickedness
A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.
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Charity Difficult Evidence Fools Man Rich
A man may go to heaven with half the pains it cost him to purchase hell.
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Cost Heaven Himself Man Pain Price
We must eat to live, and not live to eat.
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Eat Live One Liner
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
Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.
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Heaven Justice Leaving Mercy
A wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy’s eyes are open.
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Born Dog Eyes Open Wonder
A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
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Excellence Heart Taste True
Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
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Greatness Logic Poor Reason Rich
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
He grew weary of this condescension, and began to treat the opinions of his wife with that haughtiuess and insolence, which none but those who deserve some contempt themselves can bestow, and those only who deserve no contempt can bear.
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Beginning Deserve Growth Himself
However exquisitely human nature may have been described by writers, the true practical system can be learned only in the world.
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Description Human Learning Nature World Writer
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
When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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Children Fun Mischief Wasted Time
Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
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Blame Guilty Quick

Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.

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