Compliance Quote by Henry Fielding

“He in a few minutes ravished this fair creature, or at least would have ravished her, if she had not, by a timely compliance, prevented him.”

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A good man therefore is a standing lesson to us all.

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Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.

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Want compassion is not to be numbered among the general faults of mankind. The black ingredient which fouls our disposition is envy. Hence our…

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One fool at least in every married couple.

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A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe the motions of his mistress. He must laugh when…

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If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.

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Acting after being asked is compliance. Acting without being asked is kindness.

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“We need people who push boundaries rather than retreat inside them.”

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