Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
HENRY FIELDINGGood writers will, indeed, do well to imitate the ingenious traveller, who always proportions his stay in any place.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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Domestic happiness is the end of almost all our pursuits, and the common reward of all our pains. When men find themselves forever barred from this delightful fruition, they are lost to all industry, and grow careless of all their worldly affairs. Thus they become bad subjects, bad relations, bad friends, and bad men.
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Where the law ends tyranny begins.
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Most men like in women what is most opposite their own characters.
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Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
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A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.
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Never trust the man who has reason to suspect that you know he hath injured you.
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The life of a coquette is one constant lie; and the only rule by which you can form any correct judgment of them is that they are never what they seem.
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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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When I mention religion I mean the Christian religion; and not only the Christian religion, but the Protestant religion; and not only the Protestant religion, but the Church of England.
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Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
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Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
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Wine and youth are fire upon fire.
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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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I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.
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A wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy’s eyes are open.
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