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 FIELDINGLife may as properly be called an art as any other.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
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I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.
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Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.
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Handsome is that handsome does.
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A lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.
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Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
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Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.
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Most men like in women what is most opposite their own characters.
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A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.
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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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When I’m not thanked at all, I’m thanked enough.
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A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.
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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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