Never trust the man who has reason to suspect that you know he hath injured you.
HENRY FIELDINGO innocence, how glorious and happy a portion art thou to the breast that possesses thee! thou fearest neither the eyes nor the tongues of men. Truth, the most powerful of all things, is thy strongest friend; and the brighter the light is in which thou art displayed, the more it discovers thy transcendent beauties.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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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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Handsome is that handsome does.
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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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The woman and the soldier who do not defend the first pass will never defend the last.
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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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Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.
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All nature wears one universal grin.
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It may be laid down as a general rule, that no woman who hath any great pretensions to admiration is ever well pleased in a company where she perceives herself to fill only the second place.
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A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
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Some virtuous women are too liberal in their insults to a frail sister; but virtue can support itself without borrowing any assistance from the vices of other women.
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Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
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Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
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There is no zeal blinder than that which is inspired with a love of justice against offenders.
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Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
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