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A tender-hearted and compassionate disposition, which inclines men to pity and feel the misfortunes of others, and which is, even for its own sake, incapable of involving any man in ruin and misery, is of all tempers of mind the most amiable; and though it seldom receives much honor, is worthy of the highest.

Henry Fielding
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Henry Fielding's Popular Quotes

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

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

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

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Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.

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Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.

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Success is a fruit of slow growth.

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When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.

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Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason

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We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.

- Henry Fielding
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