Now, in reality, the world has paid too great a compliment to critics, and has imagined them to be men of much greater profundity then they really are.

Quote by Henry Fielding

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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...

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult...

A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult...

The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim.

The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim.

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

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

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...

A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news...

A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news...

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

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

All nature wears one universal grin.

All nature wears one universal grin.

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.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.

Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.

Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not.

Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not.

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...

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.

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

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

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us

The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our...

The love of property and consciousness of right and wrong have conflicting places in our...

Conscience is the only clue that will eternally guide a man clear of all doubts...

Conscience is the only clue that will eternally guide a man clear of all doubts...

Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning of a growth within us any more than without...

Our consciousness rarely registers the beginning of a growth within us any more than without...