"Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures……" — Henry Fielding
"Wisdom is the talent of buying virtuous pleasures at the cheapest rate."
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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 Buying Quotes
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If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice.
— Norman Ralph Augustine
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Buying is a profound pleasure.
— Simone de Beauvoir
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If you're not buying recycled products, you're not really recycling.
— Ed Begley, Jr.
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In the old days, you would have one lawyer to handle everything: speeding tickets, buying a house, contracts, litigation, real…
— James Belushi
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When people come to my act any time after Thanksgiving, I usually say, You shouldn't be here. You should be…
— Lewis Black
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Get your friends together, go to your local bookstore and have a book-buying party.
— Roy Blount, Jr.
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Collecting is more than just buying objects.
— Eli Broad
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Credit buying is much like being drunk. The buzz happens immediately and gives you a lift... The hangover comes the…
— Joyce Brothers
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Marrying an old bachelor is like buying second-hand furniture.
— H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
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When the farmer can sell directly to the consumer, it is a more active process. There's more contact. The consumer…
— Jerry Brown
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Only buy something that you'd be perfectly happy to hold if the market shut down for 10 years.
— Warren Buffett
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I have an expensive hobby: buying homes, redoing them, tearing them down and building them up the way they want…
— Sandra Bullock
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