Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
HENRY FIELDINGWhat a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil’s work for free.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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We should not be too hasty in bestowing either our praise or censure on mankind, since we shall often find such a mixture of good and evil in the same character, that it may require a very accurate judgment and a very elaborate inquiry to determine on which side the balance turns.
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Wicked companions invite us to hell.
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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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It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
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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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The woman and the soldier who do not defend the first pass will never defend the last.
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Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
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When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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What a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil’s work for free.
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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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Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.
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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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When I’m not thanked at all, I’m thanked enough.
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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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