Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
HENRY FIELDINGWhat is commonly called love, namely the desire of satisfying a voracious appetite with a certain quantity of delicate white human flesh.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
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It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.
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All nature wears one universal grin.
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Never trust the man who has reason to suspect that you know he hath injured you.
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There are two considerations which always imbitter the heart of an avaricious man–the one is a perpetual thirst after more riches, the other the prospect of leaving what he has already acquired.
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It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
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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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Giving comfort under affliction requires that penetration into the human mind, joined to that experience which knows how to soothe, how to reason, and how to ridicule; taking the utmost care never to apply those arts improperly.
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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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Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
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A wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy’s eyes are open.
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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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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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There is nothing so useful to man in general, nor so beneficial to particular societies and individuals, as trade. This is that alma mater, at whose plentiful breast all mankind are nourished.
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What a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil’s work for free.
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