With the latitude of unbounded scurrility, it is easy enough to attain the character of a wit, especially … - Henry Fielding

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Henry Fielding

With the latitude of unbounded scurrility, it is easy enough to attain the character of a wit, especially when it is considered how wonderfully pleasant it is to the generality of the public to see the folly of their acquaintance exposed by a third person.

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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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A tender-hearted and compassionate disposition, which inclines men to pity and feel the misfortunes of others, and which is, even for its own sake, incapable of involving any man in ruin and misery, is of all tempers of mind the most amiable; and though it seldom receives much honor, is worthy of the highest.

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Some virtuous women are too liberal in their insults to a frail sister; but virtue can support itself without borrowing any assistance from the vices of other women.

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Riches without charity are nothing worth. They are a blessing only to him who makes them a blessing to others.

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It is a trite but true Observation, that Examples work more forcibly on the Mind than Precepts: and if this be just in what is odious and blameable, it is more strongly so in what is amiable and praiseworthy.

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