Life may as properly be called an art as any other.
HENRY FIELDINGThere 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.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
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Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.
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Penny saved is a penny got.
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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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Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
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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.
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However exquisitely human nature may have been described by writers, the true practical system can be learned only in the world.
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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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Where the law ends tyranny begins.
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A lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.
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There’s one fool at least in every married couple.
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A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
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Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
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A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.
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Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
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