Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
HENRY FIELDINGWisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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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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O innocence, how glorious and happy a portion art thou to the breast that possesses thee! thou fearest neither the eyes nor the tongues of men. Truth, the most powerful of all things, is thy strongest friend; and the brighter the light is in which thou art displayed, the more it discovers thy transcendent beauties.
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All nature wears one universal grin.
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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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Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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It is not enough that your designs, nay that your actions, are intrinsically good, you must take care they shall appear so.
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A lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.
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Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
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Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
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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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Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
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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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Life may as properly be called an art as any other.
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A wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy’s eyes are open.
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It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
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