Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.

Quote by Henry Fielding

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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...

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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

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

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...

What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow.

What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow.

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...

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

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

Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.

Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.

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...

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...

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.

Where the law ends tyranny begins.

Where the law ends tyranny begins.

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...

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.

A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.