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" Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not. "
Adversity
Honest
He
" A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send men with these false recommendations into the World! "
Men
Face
Good
" All nature wears one universal grin. "
Wears
Grin
Nature
" A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not. "
Newspaper
Number
Same
" A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool. "
Man
Matter
Rich
" A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart. "
Elegant
Truly
Taste
" Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor. "
Fool
Favor
You
" Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us. "
Conscience
Us
Only
" Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. "
Parent
Warmth
Begets
" Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be. "
Appearance
Science
Desire
" Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue. "
Than
Tongue
Joy
" Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation. "
Ears
Very
Quick
" He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported with the later. "
Endure
Mind
Soul
" I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species. "
Individual
Manners
Men
" If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil. "
Will
Like
God
" It is not death, but dying, which is terrible. "
Which
Dying
Terrible
" Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea. "
Best
Tea
Scandal
" LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites. "
Love
Sometimes
Word
" Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil. "
Devil
You
Will
" Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it. "
Often
Root
Evil
" Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason. "
Will
Great
Hear
" Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity then they really are. "
Great
Compliment
Men
" One fool at least in every married couple. "
Married
Every
Fool
" Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others. "
Capable
Happiness
Others
" Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of. "
Against
Because
Glad
" The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim. "
Governed
Whim
Characteristic
" The devil take me, if I think anything but love to be the object of love. "
Think
Anything
Devil
" The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best hearts. "
Tenderness
Hearts
Defeated
" There is an insolence which none but those who themselves deserve contempt can bestow, and those only who deserve no contempt can bear. "
None
Who
Only
" There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman. "
Nor
Universe
Ridiculous
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