It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.

Quote by Henry Fielding

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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.

A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art...

A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art...

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...

If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.

If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.

The devil take me, if I think anything but love to be the object of...

The devil take me, if I think anything but love to be the object of...

What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow.

What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow.

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...

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem...

Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem...

A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe...

A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe...

Flattery is never so agreeable as to our blind side; commend a fool for his...

Flattery is never so agreeable as to our blind side; commend a fool for his...

There is perhaps no surer mark of folly, than to attempt to correct natural infirmities...

There is perhaps no surer mark of folly, than to attempt to correct natural infirmities...

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

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

One fool at least in every married couple.

One fool at least in every married couple.

Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is...

Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is...

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

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

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind...

It is perfectly monstrous the way people go about nowadays saying things against one, behind...

That mini heart attack you get when someone says, 'Oh, I heard something about you!'

That mini heart attack you get when someone says, 'Oh, I heard something about you!'

I cannot live with someone who can't live without me.

I cannot live with someone who can't live without me.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.