Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.
HENRY FIELDINGLove and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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Penny saved is a penny got.
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Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
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When I’m not thanked at all, I’m thanked enough.
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Handsome is that handsome does.
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Where the law ends tyranny begins.
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Enough is equal to a feast.
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Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
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There are two considerations which always imbitter the heart of an avaricious man–the one is a perpetual thirst after more riches, the other the prospect of leaving what he has already acquired.
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There cannot be a move glorious object in creation than a human being replete with benevolence, meditating in what manner he might render himself most acceptable to his Creator by doing most good to His creatures.
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What a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil’s work for free.
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The woman and the soldier who do not defend the first pass will never defend the last.
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Nothing more aggravates ill success than the near approach of good.
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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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It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.
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Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.
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