Thwackum was for doing justice, and leaving mercy to heaven.
HENRY FIELDINGPenny saved is a penny got.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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Giving comfort under affliction requires that penetration into the human mind, joined to that experience which knows how to soothe, how to reason, and how to ridicule; taking the utmost care never to apply those arts improperly.
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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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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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It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
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Good-humor will even go so far as often to supply the lack of wit.
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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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Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
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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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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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Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
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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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Handsome is that handsome does.
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In a debate, rather pull to pieces the argument of thy antagonists than offer him any of thy own; for thus thou wilt fight him in his own country.
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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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Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
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