Enough is equal to a feast.
HENRY FIELDINGWicked companions invite us to hell.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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O 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.
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Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
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No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.
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What is commonly called love, namely the desire of satisfying a voracious appetite with a certain quantity of delicate white human flesh.
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Riches without charity are nothing worth. They are a blessing only to him who makes them a blessing to others.
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What a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil’s work for free.
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Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
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There 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.
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We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
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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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There is no zeal blinder than that which is inspired with a love of justice against offenders.
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A wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy’s eyes are open.
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Good-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.
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Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
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There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.
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