76 ordspråk av Henry Fielding
Henry Fielding
There is perhaps no surer mark of folly, than to attempt to correct natural infirmities of those we love.
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Thwackum was for doing justice and leaving mercy to heaven
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To sun myself in Huncamunca's eyes.
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We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
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We must eat to live and live to eat
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What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow.
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When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
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When I'm not thanked at all I'm thanked enough
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When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough; I've done my duty, and I've done no more
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When widows exclaim loudly against second marriage, I would always lay a wager that the man, if not the wedding-day, is absolutely fixed on.
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Where the law ends tyranny begins.
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Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
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Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not.
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Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation
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Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation
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