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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.
Henry Fielding
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Henry Fielding
Age: 47 †
Born: 1707
Born: April 22
Died: 1754
Died: October 8
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Guilt, on the contrary, like a base thief, suspects every eye that beholds him to be privy to his transgressions, and every tongue that mentions his name to be proclaiming them.
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It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
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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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There are persons of that general philanthropy and easy tempers, which the world in contempt generally calls good-natured, who seem to be sent into the world with the same design with which men put little fish into a pike pond, in order only to be devoured by that voracious water-hero.
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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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He grew weary of this condescension, and began to treat the opinions of his wife with that haughtiuess and insolence, which none but those who deserve some contempt themselves can bestow, and those only who deserve no contempt can bear.
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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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The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
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Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.
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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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The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.
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No acquisitions of guilt can compensate the loss of that solid inward comfort of mind, which is the sure companion of innocence and virtue nor can in the least balance the evil of that horror and anxiety which, in their room, guilt introduces into our bosoms.
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An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who keeps a public ordinary, at which all persons are welcome for their money.
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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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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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It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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Worth begets in base minds, envy in great souls, emulation.
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