Favour Quote by Henry Fielding Download Open image “Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favour.” — Henry Fielding ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Favour Fool Fools and foolishness Honesty Rogues Wit
Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty man. — Giacomo Casanova Copy Share Image
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I don't deal with fools terribly lightly, and I think under any definition the man's a fool. — Tony Windsor Copy Share Image
Play with a foole at home, and he will play with you in the market. — George Herbert Copy Share Image
“Though Jones had formerly believed himself in the very prime of youth and vigor, his first encounter with Lady Bellaston both vexed and puzzled… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Good-breeding is not confined to externals, much less to any particular dress or attitude of the body; it is the art of pleasing, or… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Sir, money, money, the most charming of all things; money, which will say more in one moment than the most elegant lover can in… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
The greatest part of mankind labor under one delirium or another; and Don Quixote differed from the rest, not in madness, but the species… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Want compassion is not to be numbered among the general faults of mankind. The black ingredient which fouls our disposition is envy. Hence our… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
It is well known to all great men, that by conferring an obligation they do not always procure a friend, but are certain of… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe the motions of his mistress. He must laugh when… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
As a conquered rebellion strengthens a government, or as health is more perfectly established by recovery from some diseases; so anger, when removed, often… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
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The man who confers a favour would rather not be repaid in the same coin. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
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A free India will throw all her weight in favour of world disarmament and should herself be prepared to give a lead in this. — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Whenever known and sufficient causes are available, it is anti-scientific to discard them in favour of a hypothesis that can never be verified. — Max Weber Copy Share Image
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