It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
HENRY FIELDINGThere is no zeal blinder than that which is inspired with a love of justice against offenders.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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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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Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.
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Good writers will, indeed, do well to imitate the ingenious traveller, who always proportions his stay in any place.
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When mighty roast beef was the Englishman’s food It ennobled our hearts and enriched our blood– Our soldiers were brave and our courtiers were good. Oh! the roast beef of England. And Old England’s roast beef.
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The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
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Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.
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Where the law ends tyranny begins.
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The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
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It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.
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Most men like in women what is most opposite their own characters.
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Tea! The panacea for everything from weariness to a cold to a murder Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
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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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Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
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We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
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It is not enough that your designs, nay that your actions, are intrinsically good, you must take care they shall appear so.
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