Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
HENRY FIELDINGWhen children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
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Human life very much resembles a game of chess: for, as in the latter, while a gamester is too attentive to secure himself very strongly on one side of the board, he is apt to leave an unguarded opening on the other, so doth it often happen in life.
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No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.
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Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
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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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Where the law ends tyranny begins.
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Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.
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A wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy’s eyes are open.
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Tea! The panacea for everything from weariness to a cold to a murder Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
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Life may as properly be called an art as any other.
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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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There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.
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Wicked companions invite us to hell.
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The life of a coquette is one constant lie; and the only rule by which you can form any correct judgment of them is that they are never what they seem.
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Good-breeding is not confined to externals, much less to any particular dress or attitude of the body; it is the art of pleasing, or contributing as much as possible to the ease and happiness of those with whom you converse.
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