There is scarcely any man, how much soever he may despise the character of a flatterer, but will condescend in the meanest manner to flatter himself.
HENRY FIELDINGHandsome is that handsome does.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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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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A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.
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Wicked companions invite us to hell.
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When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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Human life very much resembles a game of chess: for, as in the latter, while a gamester is too attentive to secure himself very strongly on one side of the board, he is apt to leave an unguarded opening on the other, so doth it often happen in life.
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Most men like in women what is most opposite their own characters.
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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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We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
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What is commonly called love, namely the desire of satisfying a voracious appetite with a certain quantity of delicate white human flesh.
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Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
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Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
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He grew weary of this condescension, and began to treat the opinions of his wife with that haughtiuess and insolence, which none but those who deserve some contempt themselves can bestow, and those only who deserve no contempt can bear.
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What a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil’s work for free.
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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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I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.
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