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Clergy always great examples of slavish servitude
Contempt--the most dangerous disease of any State
Distinguished between bad and worse, good.html">good and better
Fool in adversity and a knave in prosperity
Good news should be employed in providing against bad
His wit was far inferior to his courage
Impossible for her to live without being in love.html">love with somebody
Kinds of fear only to be removed by higher degrees of terror
Maxims showed not great regard for virtue
My utmost to save other souls, though I took no care of my own
Neither capable of governing nor being governed
Never had woman more contempt for scruples and ceremonies
One piece of bad news seldom comes singly
Poverty so well became him
Pretended to a great deal more wit than came to his share
Strongest may safely promise to the weaker what he thinks fit
Thought he always stood in need of apologies
Treated him as she did her petticoat
Vanity to love to be esteemed the first author of things
We are far more moved at the hearing of old stories
Whose vivacity supplied the want of judgment
With a design to do good, he did evil
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