Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.
HENRY FIELDINGA man may go to heaven with half the pains it cost him to purchase hell.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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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 are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
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Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.
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Enough is equal to a feast.
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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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Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
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Wine and youth are fire upon fire.
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No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.
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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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Good writers will, indeed, do well to imitate the ingenious traveller, who always proportions his stay in any place.
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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.
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A wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy’s eyes are open.
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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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A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
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Success is a fruit of slow growth.
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