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O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! — I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else!

— Samuel Richardson Pamela (1740)

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Vast is the field of Science … the more a man knows, the more he will find he has to know.

Sir Charles Grandison (1753)

The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor.

Clarissa (1747)

My Master said, on another Occasion, that those who doubt most, always erred least.

Pamela (1740)

Those who have least to do are generally the most busy people in the world.

Sir Charles Grandison (1753)

There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often is, between the same man, a lover and a husband.

Sir Charles Grandison (1753)

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The laws would not prevent each man from living according to his inclination, unless individuals harmed each other; for envy creates the beginning of strife.

Democritus Freeman (1948)

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