There cannot be a move glorious object in creation than a human being replete with benevolence, meditating in what manner he might render himself most acceptable to his Creator by doing most good to His creatures.
HENRY FIELDINGMoney will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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Good writers will, indeed, do well to imitate the ingenious traveller, who always proportions his stay in any place.
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Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
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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 beau is everything of a woman but the sex, and nothing of a man beside it.
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He grew weary of this condescension, and began to treat the opinions of his wife with that haughtiuess and insolence, which none but those who deserve some contempt themselves can bestow, and those only who deserve no contempt can bear.
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We must eat to live, and not live to eat.
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Wine and youth are fire upon fire.
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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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There is scarcely any man, how much soever he may despise the character of a flatterer, but will condescend in the meanest manner to flatter himself.
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A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.
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Penny saved is a penny got.
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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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Where the law ends tyranny begins.
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It is not enough that your designs, nay that your actions, are intrinsically good, you must take care they shall appear so.
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Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.
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