The greatest part of mankind labor under one delirium or another; and Don Quixote differed from the rest, not in madness, but the species of it. The covetous, the prodigal, the superstitious, the libertine, and the coffee-house politician, are all Quixotes in their several ways.
HENRY FIELDINGSome folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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Life may as properly be called an art as any other.
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There are two considerations which always imbitter the heart of an avaricious man–the one is a perpetual thirst after more riches, the other the prospect of leaving what he has already acquired.
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Where the law ends tyranny begins.
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It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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Good-humor will even go so far as often to supply the lack of wit.
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Wicked companions invite us to hell.
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Success is a fruit of slow growth.
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Tea! The panacea for everything from weariness to a cold to a murder Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
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Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.
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Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
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We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
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A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.
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Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.
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Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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The woman and the soldier who do not defend the first pass will never defend the last.
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