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When mighty roast beef was the Englishman’s food It ennobled our hearts and enriched our blood– Our soldiers were brave and our courtiers were good. Oh! the roast beef of England. And Old England’s roast beef.

Henry Fielding

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.
HENRY FIELDING

Art Comfortable Experience Human Mindset
Love may be likened to a disease in this respect, that when it is denied a vent in one part, it will certainly break out in another; hence what a woman’s lips often conceal, her eyes, her blushes, and many little involuntary actions betray.
HENRY FIELDING

Action Betrayal Break Lips Love Respect Woman
It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
HENRY FIELDING

Education Habit Nature Ourselves
There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.
HENRY FIELDING

Animal Man Proud Universe
Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
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Lover Moments Money Oneself
The highest friendship must always lead us to the highest pleasure.
HENRY FIELDING

Friendship Happiness Leadership
Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.
HENRY FIELDING

Heaven Justice Leaving Mercy
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
HENRY FIELDING

Best Defeat Head Tender
To the composition of novels and romances, nothing is necessary but paper, pens, and ink, with the manual capacity of using them.
HENRY FIELDING

Capacity Necessary Novel Romance
We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
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Disguise Ourselves Vice Virtue
It is not enough that your designs, nay that your actions, are intrinsically good, you must take care they shall appear so.
HENRY FIELDING

Action Appearance Care Design Enough Goodness
Never trust the man who has reason to suspect that you know he hath injured you.
HENRY FIELDING

Injury Reason Trust Yourself
A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
HENRY FIELDING

Excellence Heart Taste True
A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.
HENRY FIELDING

Goodness Letter
When 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.
HENRY FIELDING

Myself Religion Talk
Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
HENRY FIELDING

Greatness Logic Poor Reason Rich

When mighty roast beef was the Englishman’s food It ennobled our hearts and enriched our blood– Our soldiers were brave and our courtiers were good. Oh! the roast beef of England. And Old England’s roast beef.

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When mighty roast beef was the Englishman’s food It ennobled our hearts and enriched our blood– Our soldiers were brave and our courtiers were good. Oh! the roast beef of England. And Old England’s roast beef.

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