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A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.

Henry Fielding

It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.
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Bad Change Easy Goodness Man Transformation Wisdom
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
A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.
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Goodness Letter
Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
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Greatness Logic Poor Reason Rich
The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
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Greatness People Praise Worth
The highest friendship must always lead us to the highest pleasure.
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Friendship Happiness Leadership
Never trust the man who has reason to suspect that you know he hath injured you.
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Injury Reason Trust Yourself
What a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil’s work for free.
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Devil Freedom Himself Work
Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
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Evil Money Root
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
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
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
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Best Gossip Love Sweet Talk Tea
When I mention religion I mean the Christian religion; and not only the Christian religion, but the Protestant religion; and not only the Protestant religion, but the Church of England.
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Myself Religion Talk
Good-humor will even go so far as often to supply the lack of wit.
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Goodness Humor Smart
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
Where the law ends tyranny begins.
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Beginning End Law One Liner

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