LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites.

Quote by Henry Fielding

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

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

There is an insolence which none but those who themselves deserve contempt can bestow, and...

There is an insolence which none but those who themselves deserve contempt can bestow, and...

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.

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.

He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for...

He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for...

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

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...

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the...

When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the...

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.

When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.

When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

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...

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

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...

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

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

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...

Sir, money, money, the most charming of all things; money, which will say more in...

Sir, money, money, the most charming of all things; money, which will say more in...

You don't seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a...

You don't seem to realize that a poor person who is unhappy is in a...

It's bad ethics and terrible economics. Take my money and make America well.

It's bad ethics and terrible economics. Take my money and make America well.