A man may go to heaven with half the pains it cost him to purchase hell.
HENRY FIELDINGIt is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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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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The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
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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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I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.
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When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.
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Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.
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To the composition of novels and romances, nothing is necessary but paper, pens, and ink, with the manual capacity of using them.
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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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Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.
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We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
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Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
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Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
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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.
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Success is a fruit of slow growth.
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