Let a man do what he will by a single woman, the world is encouragingly apt to think Marriage a sufficient amends.
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Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one passed on others.Samuel Richardson
All our pursuits, from childhood to manhood, are only trifles of different sorts and sizes, proportioned to our years and views.
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Sorrow makes an ugly face odious.
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As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally laid for the happiness or misery of the future man.
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There is but one pride pardonable; that of being above doing a base or dishonorable action.
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The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor.
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