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

Henry Fielding

O innocence, how glorious and happy a portion art thou to the breast that possesses thee! thou fearest neither the eyes nor the tongues of men. Truth, the most powerful of all things, is thy strongest friend; and the brighter the light is in which thou art displayed, the more it discovers thy transcendent beauties.
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Beautiful Display Fear Friendship Glory Happiness Innocence Light Powerful Strong Transcendence
There is no zeal blinder than that which is inspired with a love of justice against offenders.
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Blind Justice Love Offend
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.
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Determination Evil Goodness Judgement Praise
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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Correction Judgement Life Lying Oneself Rule
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
Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
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Greatness Logic Poor Reason Rich
We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
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Disguise Ourselves Vice Virtue
Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
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Blame Guilty Quick
It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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Education Habit Nature Ourselves
Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.
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Errors Justice Leadership Man
We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
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Book Company Corruption
A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.
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Media News Value Word Worth
Penny saved is a penny got.
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Money One Liner Save
There’s one fool at least in every married couple.
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Couple Fools Marriage Oneself
When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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Children Fun Mischief Wasted Time
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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Bad End Forever Growth Happiness Man Pain Pursuit Relation Reward Subject World

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