There cannot be a move glorious object in creation than a human being replete with benevolence, meditating in what manner he might render himself most acceptable to his Creator by doing most good to His creatures.
HENRY FIELDINGWe should not be too hasty in bestowing either our praise or censure on mankind, since we shall often find such a mixture of good and evil in the same character, that it may require a very accurate judgment and a very elaborate inquiry to determine on which side the balance turns.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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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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Wine and youth are fire upon fire.
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Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
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Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.
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The highest friendship must always lead us to the highest pleasure.
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Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
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A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.
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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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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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Handsome is that handsome does.
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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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It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.
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Nothing more aggravates ill success than the near approach of good.
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There are two considerations which always imbitter the heart of an avaricious man–the one is a perpetual thirst after more riches, the other the prospect of leaving what he has already acquired.
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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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