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It is not enough that your designs, nay that your actions, are intrinsically good, you must take care they shall appear so.

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
It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
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Death Deep Terrible
Penny saved is a penny got.
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Money One Liner Save
Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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Animal Drink Man Teaching Thirst
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
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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Compliment Critics Greatness Imagination Man Pay Reality World
A wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy’s eyes are open.
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Born Dog Eyes Open Wonder
Success is a fruit of slow growth.
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Fruit Growth Slow Success
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
There’s one fool at least in every married couple.
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Couple Fools Marriage Oneself
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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Best Cold Love Murder Tea
We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
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Book Company Corruption
In a debate, rather pull to pieces the argument of thy antagonists than offer him any of thy own; for thus thou wilt fight him in his own country.
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Argument Country Fight Himself Pieces
Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
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Blame Guilty Quick
The highest friendship must always lead us to the highest pleasure.
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Friendship Happiness Leadership
Human life very much resembles a game of chess: for, as in the latter, while a gamester is too attentive to secure himself very strongly on one side of the board, he is apt to leave an unguarded opening on the other, so doth it often happen in life.
HENRY FIELDING

Game Human Leaving Life Security

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