Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
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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Handsome is that handsome does.
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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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Enough is equal to a feast.
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He grew weary of this condescension, and began to treat the opinions of his wife with that haughtiuess and insolence, which none but those who deserve some contempt themselves can bestow, and those only who deserve no contempt can bear.
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Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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However exquisitely human nature may have been described by writers, the true practical system can be learned only in the world.
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Good-breeding is not confined to externals, much less to any particular dress or attitude of the body; it is the art of pleasing, or contributing as much as possible to the ease and happiness of those with whom you converse.
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A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
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There’s one fool at least in every married couple.
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It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.
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The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
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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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Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
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Where the law ends tyranny begins.
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