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Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
Henry Fielding
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Henry Fielding
Age: 47 †
Born: 1707
Born: April 22
Died: 1754
Died: October 8
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Wicked companions invite us to hell.
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Success is a fruit of slow growth.
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Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.
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Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
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We 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.
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When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough.
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Conscience is a judge in every man's breast, which none can cheat or corrupt, and perhaps the only incorrupt thing about him yet, inflexible and honest as this judge is (however polluted the bench on which he sits), no man can, in my opinion, enjoy any applause which is not there adjudged to be his due.
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Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favour.
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To the generality of men you cannot give a stronger hint for them to impose upon you than by imposing upon yourself.
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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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