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.
HENRY FIELDINGMoney will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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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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Good writers will, indeed, do well to imitate the ingenious traveller, who always proportions his stay in any place.
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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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Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
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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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What a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil’s work for free.
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Nothing more aggravates ill success than the near approach of good.
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Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
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We must eat to live, and not live to eat.
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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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The life of a coquette is one constant lie; and the only rule by which you can form any correct judgment of them is that they are never what they seem.
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The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
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Wicked companions invite us to hell.
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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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Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.
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