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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

Where the law ends tyranny begins.

Where the law ends tyranny begins.

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

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

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us

I will not do that which my conscience tells me is wrong to gain the...

I will not do that which my conscience tells me is wrong to gain the...

There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience

There is no pillow so soft as a clear conscience