Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.
HENRY FIELDINGThe 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.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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The greatest part of mankind labor under one delirium or another; and Don Quixote differed from the rest, not in madness, but the species of it. The covetous, the prodigal, the superstitious, the libertine, and the coffee-house politician, are all Quixotes in their several ways.
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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 lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.
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When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more.
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We must eat to live, and not live to eat.
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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 wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy’s eyes are open.
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Wine and youth are fire upon fire.
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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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Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
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It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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Nothing more aggravates ill success than the near approach of good.
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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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A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.
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