We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
HENRY FIELDINGAll nature wears one universal grin.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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The highest friendship must always lead us to the highest pleasure.
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Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
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A man may go to heaven with half the pains it cost him to purchase hell.
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When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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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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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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A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.
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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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Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
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Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
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Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
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We must eat to live, and not live to eat.
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The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
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When I’m not thanked at all, I’m thanked enough.
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