The greatest part of mankind labor under one delirium or another; and Don Quixote differed from the rest, not in madness, but the species of it. The covetous, the prodigal, the superstitious, the libertine, and the coffee-house politician, are all Quixotes in their several ways.
HENRY FIELDINGLet no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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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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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.
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Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.
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It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
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Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
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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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Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.
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Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
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Wicked companions invite us to hell.
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It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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What a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil’s work for free.
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Good-humor will even go so far as often to supply the lack of wit.
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In a debate, rather pull to pieces the argument of thy antagonists than offer him any of thy own; for thus thou wilt fight him in his own country.
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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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Success is a fruit of slow growth.
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