We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
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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No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.
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A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.
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Human life very much resembles a game of chess: for, as in the latter, while a gamester is too attentive to secure himself very strongly on one side of the board, he is apt to leave an unguarded opening on the other, so doth it often happen in life.
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Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
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In a debate, rather pull to pieces the argument of thy antagonists than offer him any of thy own; for thus thou wilt fight him in his own country.
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Success is a fruit of slow growth.
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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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Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
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Wicked companions invite us to hell.
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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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Some virtuous women are too liberal in their insults to a frail sister; but virtue can support itself without borrowing any assistance from the vices of other women.
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It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
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Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.
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Life may as properly be called an art as any other.
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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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