The constant desire of pleasing which is the peculiar quality of some, may be called the happiest of all desires in this that it rarely fails of attaining its end when not disgraced by affectation.
HENRY FIELDINGWhen I mention religion I mean the Christian religion; and not only the Christian religion, but the Protestant religion; and not only the Protestant religion, but the Church of England.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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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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Good-humor will even go so far as often to supply the lack of wit.
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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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Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
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A wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy’s eyes are open.
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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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A man may go to heaven with half the pains it cost him to purchase hell.
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We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
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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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Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
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Wicked companions invite us to hell.
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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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Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.
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I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more.
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