There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.
HENRY FIELDINGNo one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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All nature wears one universal grin.
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Life may as properly be called an art as any other.
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Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
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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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A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
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Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.
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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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Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.
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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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Good writers will, indeed, do well to imitate the ingenious traveller, who always proportions his stay in any place.
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When I’m not thanked at all, I’m thanked enough.
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Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.
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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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Success is a fruit of slow growth.
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There is scarcely any man, how much soever he may despise the character of a flatterer, but will condescend in the meanest manner to flatter himself.
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