We should not be too hasty in bestowing either our praise or censure on mankind, since we shall often find such a mixture of good and evil in the same character, that it may require a very accurate judgment and a very elaborate inquiry to determine on which side the balance turns.
HENRY FIELDINGNever trust the man who has reason to suspect that you know he hath injured you.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
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Wine and youth are fire upon fire.
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When I mention religion I mean the Christian religion; and not only the Christian religion, but the Protestant religion; and not only the Protestant religion, but the Church of England.
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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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Nothing more aggravates ill success than the near approach of good.
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Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
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Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
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It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.
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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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All nature wears one universal grin.
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We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
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Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.
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Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.
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Now in reality, the world has paid too great a compliment to critics, and has imagined them to be men of much greater profundity than they really are.
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A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.
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