Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness.
- Henry Fielding
Dancing, Parent, Which, Warmth
Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
- Henry Fielding
Guilt, Quick, Very, Ears
All nature wears one universal grin.
- Henry Fielding
Nature, Universal, Wears, Grin
When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the man, If not the wedding day, is absolutely fixed on.
- Henry Fielding
Always, Loudly, Lay, Fixed
There is an insolence which none but those who themselves deserve contempt can bestow, and those only who deserve no contempt can bear.
- Henry Fielding
Deserve, Contempt, Which, Bestow
One fool at least in every married couple.
- Henry Fielding
Fool, Couple, Least, Married Couple
A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send men with these false recommendations into the World!
- Henry Fielding
Nature, Art, Dishonest, Thou
LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites.
- Henry Fielding
Love, Food, Applied, Delight
Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not.
- Henry Fielding
Adversity, Person, Whether, Hardly
Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
- Henry Fielding
Adversity, Honest, Principle, Hardly
We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
- Henry Fielding
Books, Corrupted, Companions, Liable
Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.
- Henry Fielding
Happiness, Person, Capable, Tasting
Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.
- Henry Fielding
Envy, Minds, Emulation, Base
Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
- Henry Fielding
Enemy, Friend, Then, Wine
Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor.
- Henry Fielding
Rogue, Receive, His, Commend
There is perhaps no surer mark of folly, than to attempt to correct natural infirmities of those we love.
- Henry Fielding
Love, Folly, Perhaps, Surer
It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
- Henry Fielding
Death, Dying, Which, Terrible
I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.
- Henry Fielding
Men, Individual, Species, Manners
The devil take me, if I think anything but love to be the object of love.
- Henry Fielding
Love, Think, Take, Object
The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim.
- Henry Fielding
Whim, Affectation, Governed, Characteristic
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best hearts.
- Henry Fielding
Best, Defeated, Tenderness, Hearts
The world have payed too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them men of much greater profundity than they really are.
- Henry Fielding
Them, Profundity, Imagined, Greater
Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity then they really are.
- Henry Fielding
Them, Profundity, Imagined, Greater
Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.
- Henry Fielding
Some, Other, Would, Folks
Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
- Henry Fielding
Desire, Appearance, Rather, Inspires
He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported with the later.
- Henry Fielding
Adversity, Mind, Likely, Former
There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.
- Henry Fielding
Proud, Ridiculous, Nor, Contemptible
Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
- Henry Fielding
Money, Fruit, Often, Root
Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.
- Henry Fielding
Circumstances, Dwells, Apt, Sudden
Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
- Henry Fielding
Reason, Riches, Nor, Neither
A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
- Henry Fielding
Excellency, Accompanied, Generally
Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil.
- Henry Fielding
Money, Will, Like, Plague
If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.
- Henry Fielding
Money, Will, Like, Plague
When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough, I've done my duty, and I've done no more.
- Henry Fielding
Enough, Done, More, Duty
A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.
- Henry Fielding
Rich, Prove, Rogue, Perhaps
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
- Henry Fielding
Love, Best, Tea, Scandal
What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow.
- Henry Fielding
Today, May, Vice, Virtue
Where the law ends tyranny begins.
- Henry Fielding
Law, Tyranny, Begins, Ends
A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.
- Henry Fielding
News, Newspaper, Same, Number
Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.
- Henry Fielding
Only, About, Incorruptible, Conscience
When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
- Henry Fielding
Children, Doing, Nothing, Mischief
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