There is no zeal blinder than that which is inspired with a love of justice against offenders.
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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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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Good writers will, indeed, do well to imitate the ingenious traveller, who always proportions his stay in any place.
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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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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 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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Wine and youth are fire upon fire.
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Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
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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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Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
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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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Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.
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Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
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The constant desire of pleasing which is the peculiar quality of some, may be called the happiest of all desires in this that it rarely fails of attaining its end when not disgraced by affectation.
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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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Domestic happiness is the end of almost all our pursuits, and the common reward of all our pains. When men find themselves forever barred from this delightful fruition, they are lost to all industry, and grow careless of all their worldly affairs. Thus they become bad subjects, bad relations, bad friends, and bad men.
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