I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.
HENRY FIELDINGFor I hope my Friends will pardon me, when I declare, I know none of them without a Fault; and I should be sorry if I could imagine, I had any Friend who could not see mine. Forgiveness, of this Kind, we give and demand in Turn.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
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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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It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.
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We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
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Nothing more aggravates ill success than the near approach of good.
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Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.
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The greatest part of mankind labor under one delirium or another; and Don Quixote differed from the rest, not in madness, but the species of it. The covetous, the prodigal, the superstitious, the libertine, and the coffee-house politician, are all Quixotes in their several ways.
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Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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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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There’s one fool at least in every married couple.
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LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites.
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Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
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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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Most men like in women what is most opposite their own characters.
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Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.
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