It may be laid down as a general rule, that no woman who hath any great pretensions to admiration is ever well pleased in a company where she perceives herself to fill only the second place.
HENRY FIELDINGScarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.
More Henry Fielding Quotes
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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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It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
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Wicked companions invite us to hell.
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We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
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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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Handsome is that handsome does.
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Enough is equal to a feast.
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Penny saved is a penny got.
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Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.
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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 man may go to heaven with half the pains it cost him to purchase hell.
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Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.
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Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
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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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When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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