What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow.

Quote by Henry Fielding

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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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.

Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.

Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.

One fool at least in every married couple.

One fool at least in every married couple.

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...

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.

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...

Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.

Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.

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

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

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.

Flattery is never so agreeable as to our blind side; commend a fool for his...

Flattery is never so agreeable as to our blind side; commend a fool for his...

Flattery is all right if you don't inhale

Flattery is all right if you don't inhale

These days flattery wins friends, truth begets hatred.

These days flattery wins friends, truth begets hatred.

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed