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.
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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Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.
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Life may as properly be called an art as any other.
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A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
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The highest friendship must always lead us to the highest pleasure.
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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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Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
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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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Penny saved is a penny got.
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We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
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Enough is equal to a feast.
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A lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.
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It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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There is no zeal blinder than that which is inspired with a love of justice against offenders.
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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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When I’m not thanked at all, I’m thanked enough.
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