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Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.

Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.

Henry Fielding
Funny, Inspiring, Money

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Henry Fielding
Love, Gossip, Tea
'Love in Several Masques' (1728) act 4, sc. 11

Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.

Henry Fielding
Inspirational, Adversity, Men

The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.

Henry Fielding
People, Praise, Recommendations
Henry Fielding, Arthur Murphy, James P. Browne (1871). “Preface. Essay on the life and genius of Henry Fielding, esq. Love in several masques, a comedy. The temple beau, a comedy. The author's farce; with a puppet shew, called The pleasures of the town. The coffee house politician; or, The justice caught in his own trap, a comedy. The tragedy of tragedies; or, The life and death of Tom Thumb the Great”, p.186

Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate.

Henry Fielding
Buying, Talent, Pleasure

I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more.

Henry Fielding
Blessing, Inner Peace, Needs
Henry Fielding (2012). “Joseph Andrews”, p.112, Courier Corporation

We must eat to live, and not live to eat.

Henry Fielding
Eating And Drinking, Eating, Italian Food
Henry Fielding, Arthur Murphy, James P. Browne (1871). “The letter writers; or, A new way to keep a wife at home, a farce. The Grub-street opera. The lottery, a farce. The modern husband, a comedy. The mock doctor; or, The dumb lady cured, a comedy. The Covent Garden tragedy. The debauchees; or, The Jesuit caught, a comedy. The miser, a comedy”, p.435

What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow.

Henry Fielding
Vices, Literature, May

It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.

Henry Fielding
Death, Goodbye, Farewell
Amelia bk. 3, ch. 4 (1751)

We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.

Henry Fielding
Book, Reading, Liable
John Osborne, Henry Fielding (2011). “Tom Jones”, p.7, Oberon Books

There's one fool at least in every married couple.

Henry Fielding
Couple, Fool, Married
'Amelia' (1751) bk. 9, ch. 4

There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.

Henry Fielding
Animal, Church, Literature
Henry Fielding (1861). “The Miscellaneous Works of Henry Fielding: Amelia”, p.407

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason

Henry Fielding
Riches, Poverty, Reason

There is scarcely any man, how much soever he may despise the character of a flatterer, but will condescend in the meanest manner to flatter himself.

Henry Fielding
Character, Men, May

A good heart will, at all times, betray the best head in the world.

Henry Fielding
Heart, World, All Time
Henry Fielding (1857). “The history of Amelia, with illustr. by Phiz”, p.45

Most men like in women what is most opposite their own characters.

Henry Fielding
Women, Character, Men

It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.

Henry Fielding
Wise, Men, Good Man
Henry Fielding, Thomas Roscoe (1851). “The Works of Henry Fielding: Complete in One Volume”, p.28

Good-humor will even go so far as often to supply the lack of wit.

Henry Fielding
Wit, Good Humor

Success is a fruit of slow growth.

Henry Fielding
Success, Growth, Fruit

Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.

Henry Fielding
Guilt, Ears, Shame
Henry Fielding (1832). “The History of Amelia”, p.150

When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.

Henry Fielding
Hilarious, Witty, Children
Henry Fielding (1780). “The history of Tom Jones, a foundling”, p.71

Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.

Henry Fielding
Education, Learning, School
'Joseph Andrews' (1742) bk. 3, ch. 5

Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.

Henry Fielding
Money, Roots, Evil
Henry Fielding, Arthur Murphy (1814). “The Works of Henry Fielding, Esq: With an Essay on His Life and Genius”, p.79

Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.

Henry Fielding
Men, Errors, May
Henry Fielding (1824). “The Works of Henry Fielding, with a Life of the Author: Plays”, p.199

The highest friendship must always lead us to the highest pleasure.

Henry Fielding
Friendship, Pleasure, Highest
Henry Fielding (1811). “The History of Amelia”, p.191

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