Read in order to live.

Quote by Henry Fielding

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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.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

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...

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...

Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.

Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.

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 characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim.

The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim.

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...

What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow.

What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow.

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough, I've done my duty, and I've...

When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough, I've done my duty, and I've...

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...

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...