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 and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

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.

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim.

The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim.

Now, in reality, the world has paid too great a compliment to critics, and has...

Now, in reality, the world has paid too great a compliment to critics, and has...

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...

Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.

Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.

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

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

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

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

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 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...

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers,...

Were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers,...

Newspapers, television networks, and magazines have sometimes been outrageously abusive, untruthful, arrogant, and hypocritical. But...

Newspapers, television networks, and magazines have sometimes been outrageously abusive, untruthful, arrogant, and hypocritical. But...