Love may be likened to a disease in this respect, that when it is denied a vent in one part, it will certainly break out in another; hence what a woman’s lips often conceal, her eyes, her blushes, and many little involuntary actions betray.
HENRY FIELDINGGiving comfort under affliction requires that penetration into the human mind, joined to that experience which knows how to soothe, how to reason, and how to ridicule; taking the utmost care never to apply those arts improperly.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
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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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Enough is equal to a feast.
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Wicked companions invite us to hell.
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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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When 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.
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It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
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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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Nothing more aggravates ill success than the near approach of good.
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When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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When I’m not thanked at all, I’m thanked enough.
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We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
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Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.
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Giving comfort under affliction requires that penetration into the human mind, joined to that experience which knows how to soothe, how to reason, and how to ridicule; taking the utmost care never to apply those arts improperly.
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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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