Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
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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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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All nature wears one universal grin.
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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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It may be laid down as a general rule, that no woman who hath any great pretensions to admiration is ever well pleased in a company where she perceives herself to fill only the second place.
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Life may as properly be called an art as any other.
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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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Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.
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When mighty roast beef was the Englishman’s food It ennobled our hearts and enriched our blood– Our soldiers were brave and our courtiers were good. Oh! the roast beef of England. And Old England’s roast beef.
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Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.
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No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.
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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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Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.
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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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Handsome is that handsome does.
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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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