Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.
HENRY FIELDINGGood-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.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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The life of a coquette is one constant lie; and the only rule by which you can form any correct judgment of them is that they are never what they seem.
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It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.
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Wine and youth are fire upon fire.
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Handsome is that handsome does.
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The constant desire of pleasing which is the peculiar quality of some, may be called the happiest of all desires in this that it rarely fails of attaining its end when not disgraced by affectation.
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I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more.
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When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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What a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil’s work for free.
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There is scarcely any man, how much soever he may despise the character of a flatterer, but will condescend in the meanest manner to flatter himself.
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There’s one fool at least in every married couple.
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Nothing more aggravates ill success than the near approach of good.
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Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.
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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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Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
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Wicked companions invite us to hell.
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