"He in a few minutes ravished this fair……" — 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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116 Quotes by Henry Fielding
Henry Fielding has 116 quotes on this site.
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When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough.
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All nature wears one universal grin.
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Sir, money, money, the most charming of all things; money, which will say more in one moment than the most…
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Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
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Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
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It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.
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Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart…
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Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason
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Distance of time and place generally cure what they seem to aggravate; and taking leave of our friends resembles taking…
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Now in reality, the world has paid too great a compliment to critics, and has imagined them to be men…
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The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
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More Compliance Quotes
This quote is filed under Compliance Quotes,
one of 75 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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School performance, public health, crime rates, clinical depression, tax compliance, philanthropy, race relations, community development, census returns, teen suicide, economic…
— Robert D. Putnam
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Professor Brown: 'Since this slide was made,' he opined, 'My students have re-examined the errant points and I am happy…
— Herbert C. Brown
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There can be no true discipline without love...only compliance.
— Wes Fesler
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We strive to hire and retain only those who embrace our MBM® Guiding Principles, which encompass integrity, compliance, value creation,…
— Charles Koch
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A handgun ban is not realistically enforceable. Confiscating guns would require house-to-house searches and alienate the very individuals whose compliance…
— Don Kates
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Climate alarmists believe in their own omnipotency, in knowing better than millions of rationally behaving men and women what is…
— Vaclav Klaus
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The cost of taxpayer compliance with [the tax code] is over $80 billion per year, more than eight times the…
— Unknown Author
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The objective, clearly enunciated by the leaders of UNCED, is to bring about a change in the present system of…
— Dixie Lee Ray
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Those graceful acts, those thousand decencies, that daily flow from all her words and actions, mixed with love and sweet…
— John Milton
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In most cases, preferred supplier contracts contain volume commitments that, if not met, could jeopardize the entire contract and cost…
— Jeff Pulver
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I have a Web site that parents and girls can use to learn about Title IX and take action if…
— Geena Davis
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Faith in the gospel restructures our motivations, our self-understanding, our identity, and our view of the world. Behavioral compliance to…
— Timothy Keller
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