When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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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We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
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It may be laid down as a general rule, that no woman who hath any great pretensions to admiration is ever well pleased in a company where she perceives herself to fill only the second place.
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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 wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy’s eyes are open.
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Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
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Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.
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Riches without charity are nothing worth. They are a blessing only to him who makes them a blessing to others.
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Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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Love may be likened to a disease in this respect, that when it is denied a vent in one part, it will certainly break out in another; hence what a woman’s lips often conceal, her eyes, her blushes, and many little involuntary actions betray.
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No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.
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The highest friendship must always lead us to the highest pleasure.
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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.
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Enough is equal to a feast.
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Where the law ends tyranny begins.
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Wicked companions invite us to hell.
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