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.
HENRY FIELDINGDancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.
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Love may be likened to a disease in this respect, that when it is denied a vent in one part, it will certainly break out in another; hence what a woman’s lips often conceal, her eyes, her blushes, and many little involuntary actions betray.
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Nothing more aggravates ill success than the near approach of good.
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Now in reality, the world has paid too great a compliment to critics, and has imagined them to be men of much greater profundity than they really are.
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It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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We must eat to live, and not live to eat.
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Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.
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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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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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Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
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Never trust the man who has reason to suspect that you know he hath injured you.
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What a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil’s work for free.
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Giving comfort under affliction requires that penetration into the human mind, joined to that experience which knows how to soothe, how to reason, and how to ridicule; taking the utmost care never to apply those arts improperly.
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The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
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When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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