What a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil’s work for free.
HENRY FIELDINGIt hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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Wine and youth are fire upon fire.
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It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
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Enough is equal to a feast.
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Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
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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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Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.
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Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.
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Life may as properly be called an art as any other.
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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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A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.
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LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites.
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Giving comfort under affliction requires that penetration into the human mind, joined to that experience which knows how to soothe, how to reason, and how to ridicule; taking the utmost care never to apply those arts improperly.
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Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
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