There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.
HENRY FIELDINGThere’s one fool at least in every married couple.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.
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I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.
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The highest friendship must always lead us to the highest pleasure.
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Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.
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Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
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Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
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Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.
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Nothing more aggravates ill success than the near approach of good.
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It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.
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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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Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
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Wine and youth are fire upon fire.
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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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A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.
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There are two considerations which always imbitter the heart of an avaricious man–the one is a perpetual thirst after more riches, the other the prospect of leaving what he has already acquired.
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Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
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Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
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A man may go to heaven with half the pains it cost him to purchase hell.
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When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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Never trust the man who has reason to suspect that you know he hath injured you.
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The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
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Good-humor will even go so far as often to supply the lack of wit.
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A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
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Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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Penny saved is a penny got.
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