A lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.
HENRY FIELDINGI describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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Wicked companions invite us to hell.
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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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We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
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There cannot be a move glorious object in creation than a human being replete with benevolence, meditating in what manner he might render himself most acceptable to his Creator by doing most good to His creatures.
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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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Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
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For I hope my Friends will pardon me, when I declare, I know none of them without a Fault; and I should be sorry if I could imagine, I had any Friend who could not see mine. Forgiveness, of this Kind, we give and demand in Turn.
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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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Never trust the man who has reason to suspect that you know he hath injured you.
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Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
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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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To the composition of novels and romances, nothing is necessary but paper, pens, and ink, with the manual capacity of using them.
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A beau is everything of a woman but the sex, and nothing of a man beside it.
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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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Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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