Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.
HENRY FIELDINGAll nature wears one universal grin.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
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Wine and youth are fire upon fire.
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The highest friendship must always lead us to the highest pleasure.
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It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.
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When I’m not thanked at all, I’m thanked enough.
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Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.
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Love may be likened to a disease in this respect, that when it is denied a vent in one part, it will certainly break out in another; hence what a woman’s lips often conceal, her eyes, her blushes, and many little involuntary actions betray.
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There’s one fool at least in every married couple.
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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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The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
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We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
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It is not enough that your designs, nay that your actions, are intrinsically good, you must take care they shall appear so.
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Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
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To the composition of novels and romances, nothing is necessary but paper, pens, and ink, with the manual capacity of using them.
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Penny saved is a penny got.
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