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We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
Henry Fielding
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Henry Fielding
Age: 47 †
Born: 1707
Born: April 22
Died: 1754
Died: October 8
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O vanity, how little is thy force acknowledged or thy operations discerned! How wantonly dost thou deceive mankind under different disguises! Sometimes thou dost wear the face of pity sometimes of generosity nay, thou hast the assurance to put on those glorious ornaments which belong only to heroic virtue.
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Considering the unforeseen events of this world, we should be taught that no human condition should inspire men with absolute despair.
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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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There is no zeal blinder than that which is inspired with a love of justice against offenders.
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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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Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
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He that dies before sixty, of a cold or consumption, dies, in reality, by a violent death.
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It is well known to all great men, that by conferring an obligation they do not always procure a friend, but are certain of creating many enemies.
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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 those who never reason on what they should do, but what they have done as if Reason had her eyes behind, and could only see backwards.
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A comic writer should of all others be the least excused for deviating from nature, since it may not be always so easy for a serious poet to meet with the great and the admirable but life every where furnishes an accurate observer with the ridiculous.
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A good heart will, at all times, betray the best head in the world.
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In the forming of female friendships beauty seldom recommends one woman to another.
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Domestic happiness is the end of almost all our pursuits, and the common reward of all our pains. When men find themselves forever barred from this delightful fruition, they are lost to all industry, and grow careless of all their worldly affairs. Thus they become bad subjects, bad relations, bad friends, and bad men.
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Life may as properly be called an art as any other.
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Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
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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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