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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.

Henry Fielding

When I’m not thanked at all, I’m thanked enough.
HENRY FIELDING

Enough Myself Thankful
A man may go to heaven with half the pains it cost him to purchase hell.
HENRY FIELDING

Cost Heaven Himself Man Pain Price
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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Charity Difficult Evidence Fools Man Rich
A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
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Excellence Heart Taste True
Love may be likened to a disease in this respect, that when it is denied a vent in one part, it will certainly break out in another; hence what a woman’s lips often conceal, her eyes, her blushes, and many little involuntary actions betray.
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Action Betrayal Break Lips Love Respect Woman
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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Kind Man Nourish Society Trade
Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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Animal Drink Man Teaching Thirst
Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.
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Heaven Justice Leaving Mercy
He grew weary of this condescension, and began to treat the opinions of his wife with that haughtiuess and insolence, which none but those who deserve some contempt themselves can bestow, and those only who deserve no contempt can bear.
HENRY FIELDING

Beginning Deserve Growth Himself
The woman and the soldier who do not defend the first pass will never defend the last.
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Defense Protection Soldier Woman
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 FIELDING

Determination Evil Goodness Judgement Praise
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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Capacity Necessary Novel Romance
Penny saved is a penny got.
HENRY FIELDING

Money One Liner Save
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 FIELDING

Creation Goodness Human Meditation Object
Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
HENRY FIELDING

Adversity Himself Honesty Principle
Good-humor will even go so far as often to supply the lack of wit.
HENRY FIELDING

Goodness Humor Smart

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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