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Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.

Henry Fielding

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.
HENRY FIELDING

Myself Religion Talk
Life may as properly be called an art as any other.
HENRY FIELDING

Art Life Proper
There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.
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Animal Man Proud Universe
We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
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Disguise Ourselves Vice Virtue
The highest friendship must always lead us to the highest pleasure.
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Friendship Happiness Leadership
Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
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Evil Money Root
It is not enough that your designs, nay that your actions, are intrinsically good, you must take care they shall appear so.
HENRY FIELDING

Action Appearance Care Design Enough Goodness
A beau is everything of a woman but the sex, and nothing of a man beside it.
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Man Sex Woman Worth
Where the law ends tyranny begins.
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Beginning End Law One Liner
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.
HENRY FIELDING

Kind Man Nourish Society Trade
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
HENRY FIELDING

Best Defeat Head Tender
To the composition of novels and romances, nothing is necessary but paper, pens, and ink, with the manual capacity of using them.
HENRY FIELDING

Capacity Necessary Novel Romance
Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
HENRY FIELDING

Adversity Himself Honesty Principle
There’s one fool at least in every married couple.
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Couple Fools Marriage Oneself
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.
HENRY FIELDING

Determination Evil Goodness Judgement Praise
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.
HENRY FIELDING

Art Comfortable Experience Human Mindset

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