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There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.
Henry Fielding
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Henry Fielding
Age: 47 †
Born: 1707
Born: April 22
Died: 1754
Died: October 8
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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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Heroes, notwithstanding the high ideas which, by the means of flatterers, they may entertain of themselves, or the world may conceive of them, have certainly more of mortal than divine about them.
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the excellence of the mental entertainment consists less in the subject than in the author's skill in well dressing it up.
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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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