Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
HENRY FIELDINGFashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
HENRY FIELDINGMake money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.
HENRY FIELDINGWhen 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.
HENRY FIELDINGThere 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.
HENRY FIELDINGWhen children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
HENRY FIELDINGDancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.
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.
HENRY FIELDINGThere is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.
HENRY FIELDINGThe slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
HENRY FIELDINGIt is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.
HENRY FIELDINGMoney will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
HENRY FIELDINGWe are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
HENRY FIELDINGGuilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
HENRY FIELDINGSome folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.
HENRY FIELDINGGood-breeding is not confined to externals, much less to any particular dress or attitude of the body; it is the art of pleasing, or contributing as much as possible to the ease and happiness of those with whom you converse.
HENRY FIELDINGIt is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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