When I mention religion I mean the Christian religion; and not only the Christian religion, but the Protestant religion; and not only the Protestant religion, but the Church of England.
HENRY FIELDING
Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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When I mention religion I mean the Christian religion; and not only the Christian religion, but the Protestant religion; and not only the Protestant religion, but the Church of England.
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Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
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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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Love may be likened to a disease in this respect, that when it is denied a vent in one part, it will certainly break out in another; hence what a woman’s lips often conceal, her eyes, her blushes, and many little involuntary actions betray.
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No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.
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The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
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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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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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When I’m not thanked at all, I’m thanked enough.
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When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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Success is a fruit of slow growth.
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To the composition of novels and romances, nothing is necessary but paper, pens, and ink, with the manual capacity of using them.
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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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Tea! The panacea for everything from weariness to a cold to a murder Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
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A beau is everything of a woman but the sex, and nothing of a man beside it.
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A wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy’s eyes are open.
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