The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
HENRY FIELDINGWhen mighty roast beef was the Englishman’s food It ennobled our hearts and enriched our blood– Our soldiers were brave and our courtiers were good. Oh! the roast beef of England. And Old England’s roast beef.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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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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I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.
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It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.
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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.
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What a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil’s work for free.
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It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
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Success is a fruit of slow growth.
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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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We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
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Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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When mighty roast beef was the Englishman’s food It ennobled our hearts and enriched our blood– Our soldiers were brave and our courtiers were good. Oh! the roast beef of England. And Old England’s roast beef.
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Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.
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Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
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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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Wicked companions invite us to hell.
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