LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites.
HENRY FIELDINGWhere the law ends tyranny begins.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
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A man may go to heaven with half the pains it cost him to purchase hell.
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Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
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We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
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Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.
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Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
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A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
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We should not be too hasty in bestowing either our praise or censure on mankind, since we shall often find such a mixture of good and evil in the same character, that it may require a very accurate judgment and a very elaborate inquiry to determine on which side the balance turns.
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There’s one fool at least in every married couple.
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A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.
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I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.
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Some 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.
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Enough is equal to a feast.
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Penny saved is a penny got.
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When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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