There are two considerations which always imbitter the heart of an avaricious man–the one is a perpetual thirst after more riches, the other the prospect of leaving what he has already acquired.
HENRY FIELDINGSome 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.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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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 truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
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The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
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The highest friendship must always lead us to the highest pleasure.
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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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Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
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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-humor will even go so far as often to supply the lack of wit.
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It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
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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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There’s one fool at least in every married couple.
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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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A lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.
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The woman and the soldier who do not defend the first pass will never defend the last.
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