All nature wears one universal grin.
HENRY FIELDINGDancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.
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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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A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.
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Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
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Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
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Wicked companions invite us to hell.
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There’s one fool at least in every married couple.
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Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.
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Human life very much resembles a game of chess: for, as in the latter, while a gamester is too attentive to secure himself very strongly on one side of the board, he is apt to leave an unguarded opening on the other, so doth it often happen in life.
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Wine and youth are fire upon fire.
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Good writers will, indeed, do well to imitate the ingenious traveller, who always proportions his stay in any place.
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Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
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What a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil’s work for free.
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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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However exquisitely human nature may have been described by writers, the true practical system can be learned only in the world.
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