It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
HENRY FIELDINGIt hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
HENRY FIELDINGO innocence, how glorious and happy a portion art thou to the breast that possesses thee! thou fearest neither the eyes nor the tongues of men. Truth, the most powerful of all things, is thy strongest friend; and the brighter the light is in which thou art displayed, the more it discovers thy transcendent beauties.
HENRY FIELDINGNothing more aggravates ill success than the near approach of good.
HENRY FIELDINGLet no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
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.
HENRY FIELDINGWe endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
HENRY FIELDINGFashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
HENRY FIELDINGI describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.
HENRY FIELDINGGuilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
HENRY FIELDINGDancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.
HENRY FIELDINGLOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites.
HENRY FIELDINGA rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.
HENRY FIELDINGWhat is commonly called love, namely the desire of satisfying a voracious appetite with a certain quantity of delicate white human flesh.
HENRY FIELDINGThe highest friendship must always lead us to the highest pleasure.
HENRY FIELDINGA lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.
HENRY FIELDINGMoney is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
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