The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
HENRY FIELDINGLet no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.
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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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Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
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A lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.
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The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
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When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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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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A beau is everything of a woman but the sex, and nothing of a man beside it.
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Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
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Riches without charity are nothing worth. They are a blessing only to him who makes them a blessing to others.
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Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
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Wicked companions invite us to hell.
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A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.
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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.
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Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.
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