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A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.

Henry Fielding

Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.
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Heaven Justice Leaving Mercy
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
Success is a fruit of slow growth.
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Fruit Growth Slow Success
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
What a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil’s work for free.
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Devil Freedom Himself Work
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
When I’m not thanked at all, I’m thanked enough.
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Enough Myself Thankful
It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
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Death Deep Terrible
Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
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Lover Moments Money Oneself
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
Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.
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Education Immortal Public School Vice
Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
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Enemy Friendship Wine
We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
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Book Company Corruption
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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Art Comfortable Experience Human Mindset
There’s one fool at least in every married couple.
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Couple Fools Marriage Oneself
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

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