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Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor.
Henry Fielding
Honesty
Fool
Will
Wit
Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
Henry Fielding
Money
Evil
Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil.
Henry Fielding
Money
God
Devil
Will
LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites.
Henry Fielding
Food
Delight
Favorite
Word
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
Henry Fielding
Love
Scandal
Tea
It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
Henry Fielding
Death
Dying
If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.
Henry Fielding
Money
God
Devil
Will
I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.
Henry Fielding
Men
Manners
He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported with the later.
Henry Fielding
Soul
Greatness
Adversity
Mind
Prosperity
Will
Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
Henry Fielding
Guilt
Quick
Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.
Henry Fielding
Change
Heart
Circumstances
Joy
Tongue
Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness.
Henry Fielding
Dancing
Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
Henry Fielding
Adversity
Man
A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
Henry Fielding
Heart
Taste
A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.
Henry Fielding
Charity
Fool
Man