I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more.
HENRY FIELDINGMoney will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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Enough is equal to a feast.
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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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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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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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Where the law ends tyranny begins.
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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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Nothing more aggravates ill success than the near approach of good.
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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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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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The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
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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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Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
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There is nothing so useful to man in general, nor so beneficial to particular societies and individuals, as trade. This is that alma mater, at whose plentiful breast all mankind are nourished.
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A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
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When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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