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.
HENRY FIELDINGA beau is everything of a woman but the sex, and nothing of a man beside it.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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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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Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.
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Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.
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A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.
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To the composition of novels and romances, nothing is necessary but paper, pens, and ink, with the manual capacity of using them.
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What is commonly called love, namely the desire of satisfying a voracious appetite with a certain quantity of delicate white human flesh.
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Most men like in women what is most opposite their own characters.
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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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No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.
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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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Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
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A lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.
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When I’m not thanked at all, I’m thanked enough.
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Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
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Handsome is that handsome does.
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