Tea! The panacea for everything from weariness to a cold to a murder Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
HENRY FIELDINGWhen I mention religion I mean the Christian religion; and not only the Christian religion, but the Protestant religion; and not only the Protestant religion, but the Church of England.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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The life of a coquette is one constant lie; and the only rule by which you can form any correct judgment of them is that they are never what they seem.
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It may be laid down as a general rule, that no woman who hath any great pretensions to admiration is ever well pleased in a company where she perceives herself to fill only the second place.
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Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
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There is nothing so useful to man in general, nor so beneficial to particular societies and individuals, as trade. This is that alma mater, at whose plentiful breast all mankind are nourished.
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Riches without charity are nothing worth. They are a blessing only to him who makes them a blessing to others.
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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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It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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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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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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Never trust the man who has reason to suspect that you know he hath injured you.
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Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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Where the law ends tyranny begins.
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All nature wears one universal grin.
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The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
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We must eat to live, and not live to eat.
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