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The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
Henry Fielding
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Henry Fielding
Age: 47 †
Born: 1707
Born: April 22
Died: 1754
Died: October 8
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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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His designs were strictly honourable, as the phrase is that is, to rob a lady of her fortune by way of marriage.
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