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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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Worth begets in base minds, envy in great souls, emulation.
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It is a trite but true Observation, that Examples work more forcibly on the Mind than Precepts: and if this be just in what is odious and blameable, it is more strongly so in what is amiable and praiseworthy.
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Sensuality not only debases both body and mind, but dulls the keen edge of pleasure.
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