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> [Great vices are the proper objects of our detestation, smaller faults of our pity, but affectation appears to be the only true…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/great-vices-are-the-proper-objects-of-our-detestation-smaller-faults/)

[Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/)

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> [I have always had a horror and detestation of poverty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taylor-caldwell/i-have-always-had-a-horror-and-detestation-of-poverty/)

[Taylor Caldwell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taylor-caldwell/)

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> [The sin that now rises to memory as your bosom sin, let this first of all be withstood and mastered. Oppose it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ellery-channing/the-sin-that-now-rises-to-memory-as-your-bosom-sin-let-this-first-of/)

[William Ellery Channing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ellery-channing/)

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> [“Frankly," said the Doctor, "I am at a loss to understand my own emotions. I can think of no entertainment that fills…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/frankly-said-the-doctor-i-am-at-a-loss-to-understand-my-own-emotions/)

[Evelyn Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-waugh/)

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> [All who contribute to the overthrow of religion, or to the ruin of kingdoms and commonwealths, all who are foes to letters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niccolo-machiavelli/all-who-contribute-to-the-overthrow-of-religion-or-to-the-ruin-of/)

[Niccolo Machiavelli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niccolo-machiavelli/)

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> [Detestation of the high is the involuntary homage of the low.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-dickens/detestation-of-the-high-is-the-involuntary-homage-of-the-low/)

[Charles Dickens](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-dickens/)

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