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.
HENRY FIELDINGWine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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The highest friendship must always lead us to the highest pleasure.
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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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A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.
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A wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy’s eyes are open.
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What a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil’s work for free.
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Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.
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Wicked companions invite us to hell.
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Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.
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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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I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.
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Where the law ends tyranny begins.
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Wine and youth are fire upon fire.
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A lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.
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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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Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
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