A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.
HENRY FIELDING
There is no zeal blinder than that which is inspired with a love of justice against offenders.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.
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A lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.
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A wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy’s eyes are open.
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I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more.
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Giving comfort under affliction requires that penetration into the human mind, joined to that experience which knows how to soothe, how to reason, and how to ridicule; taking the utmost care never to apply those arts improperly.
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Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.
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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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Most men like in women what is most opposite their own characters.
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Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
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Success is a fruit of slow growth.
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A man may go to heaven with half the pains it cost him to purchase hell.
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It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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Some virtuous women are too liberal in their insults to a frail sister; but virtue can support itself without borrowing any assistance from the vices of other women.
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In a debate, rather pull to pieces the argument of thy antagonists than offer him any of thy own; for thus thou wilt fight him in his own country.
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LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites.
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What is commonly called love, namely the desire of satisfying a voracious appetite with a certain quantity of delicate white human flesh.
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