A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.

Quote by Henry Fielding

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Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have...

Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have...

The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best...

The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best...

What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow.

What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow.

The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim.

The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim.

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.

Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and...

Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and...

Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.

Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.

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

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

Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will...

Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will...

Now, in reality, the world has paid too great a compliment to critics, and has...

Now, in reality, the world has paid too great a compliment to critics, and has...

Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.

Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.

The world have payed too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them men...

The world have payed too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them men...

Read in order to live.

Read in order to live.

When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.

When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.

Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.

Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.

I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.

I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.

Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be...

Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be...

One fool at least in every married couple.

One fool at least in every married couple.

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

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

LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically...

LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically...