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

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

Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.

Henry Fielding
Sorry, Men, Evil

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.

Henry Fielding
Character, Evil, Balance
Henry Fielding, Thomas Roscoe (1853). “The Works of Henry Fielding, Complete in One Volume”, p.540

No acquisitions of guilt can compensate the loss of that solid inward comfort of mind, which is the sure companion of innocence and virtue; nor can in the least balance the evil of that horror and anxiety which, in their room, guilt introduces into our bosoms.

Henry Fielding
Loss, Evil, Anxiety
Henry Fielding, Thomas Roscoe (1853). “The Works of Henry Fielding, Complete in One Volume”, p.28

Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others concerned with him have done evil! If a man has acted right, he has done well, though along; if wrong, the sanction of all mankind will not justify him.

Henry Fielding
Sorry, Men, Evil

The good or evil we confer on others very often, I believe, recoils on ourselves; for as men of a benign disposition enjoy their own acts of beneficence equally with those to whom they are done, so there are scarce any natures so entirely diabolical as to be capable of doing injuries without paying themselves some pangs for the ruin which they bring on their fellow-creatures.

Henry Fielding
Believe, Men, Evil
Henry Fielding (1975). “The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling”, p.765, Wesleyan University Press

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