We must eat to live, and not live to eat.
HENRY FIELDINGThwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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Good-breeding is not confined to externals, much less to any particular dress or attitude of the body; it is the art of pleasing, or contributing as much as possible to the ease and happiness of those with whom you converse.
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Enough is equal to a feast.
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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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Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
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Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.
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There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.
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Most men like in women what is most opposite their own characters.
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Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.
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A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
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Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
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Life may as properly be called an art as any other.
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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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Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.
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A wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy’s eyes are open.
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Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
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