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“...the act of eating,which hath by several wise men been considered as extremely mean and derogatory from the philosophic dignity, must be in some measure performed by the greatest prince, hero, or philosopher upon earth; nay, sometimes Nature hath been so frolicsome as to exact of these dignified characters a much more exorbitant share of this office than she hath obliged those of the lowest orders to perform.”

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“Though Jones had formerly believed himself in the very prime of youth and vigor, his first encounter with Lady Bellaston both vexed and puzzled him. For though his own youthful appetites were quickly sated, hers were ravenous and almost beyond his power to satisfy. Her kisses and caresses were a source of inexpressible delight; yet when all was over it…

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A good man therefore is a standing lesson to us all.

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Good-breeding is not confined to externals, much less to any particular dress or attitude of the body; it is the art of pleasing, or…

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Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.

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Sir, money, money, the most charming of all things; money, which will say more in one moment than the most elegant lover can in…

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The greatest part of mankind labor under one delirium or another; and Don Quixote differed from the rest, not in madness, but the species…

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Want compassion is not to be numbered among the general faults of mankind. The black ingredient which fouls our disposition is envy. Hence our eyes, it is to be feared, are seldom turned up to those who are manifestly greater, better, wiser, or happier than ourselves, without some degree of malignity, we commonly look downward on the mean and miserable…

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It is well known to all great men, that by conferring an obligation they do not always procure a friend, but are certain of…

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One fool at least in every married couple.

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A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe the motions of his mistress. He must laugh when she laughs, sigh when she sighs. In short, he should be the shadow of her mind. A lady, in the presence of her lover, should never want a looking-glass; as a beau, in the presence of…

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If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.

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