The devil take me, if I think anything but love to be the object of love.

Quote by Henry Fielding

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What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow.

What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow.

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...

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...

Where the law ends tyranny begins.

Where the law ends tyranny begins.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

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...

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...

I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.

I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.

All nature wears one universal grin.

All nature wears one universal grin.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

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...

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.

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...

When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.

When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.

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...

Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will...

Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will...

One fool at least in every married couple.

One fool at least in every married couple.

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...

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

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

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.