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"I look upon it as a Point of Morality, to be obliged by those who endeavour to oblige me."
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"It is better to be slave to righteousness of God than sin of satan."

"In the end we are always rewarded for our good will, our patience, fair-mindedness, and gentleness with what is strange."

"Good and evil are both within us. And when our primitive ancestors humanized these natural qualities of the mind, they got two completely opposite supernatural characters. One was the merciful lord almighty and the other was the wicked devil."

"Hand holding sword is always an ugly hand!"

"The distinction between pretending you are better than you are and beginning to be better in reality is finer than moral sleuth hounds conceive."
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"It is an endless and frivolous Pursuit to act by any other Rule than the Care of satisfying our own Minds in what we do."

"A Woman is naturally more helpless than the other Sex; and a Man of Honour and Sense should have this in his View in all Manner of Commerce with her."

"The married state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image of heaven and hell we are capable of receiving in this life."

"To be exempt from the Passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing Solitude."

"Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable."
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