What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow.

Quote by Henry Fielding

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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...

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...

Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and...

Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and...

The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim.

The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim.

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.

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...

Read in order to live.

Read in order to live.

All nature wears one universal grin.

All nature wears one universal grin.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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

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

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...

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 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...

Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness.

Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness.