We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
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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The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
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It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
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Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
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We must eat to live, and not live to eat.
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Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.
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We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
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A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.
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Where the law ends tyranny begins.
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When mighty roast beef was the Englishman’s food It ennobled our hearts and enriched our blood– Our soldiers were brave and our courtiers were good. Oh! the roast beef of England. And Old England’s roast beef.
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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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Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
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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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It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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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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