Quote by Henry Fielding
There is nothing a man of good sense dreads in a wife so much as h

There is nothing a man of good sense dreads in a wife so much as her having more sense than himself. – Henry Fielding

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A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send men with these false recommendations into the World! – Henry Fielding

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Nature
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LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites. – Henry Fielding

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Food
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Distance of time and place generally cure what they seem to aggravate; and taking leave of our friends resembles taking leave of the world, of which it has been said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible. – Henry Fielding

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Nothing astonishes people so much as common sense and plain dealing. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next. – Henry Ward Beecher

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The best prophet is common sense, our native wit. – Euripides

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Common sense hides shame. – Scottish Proverb

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A bachelor never quite gets over the idea that he is a thing of beauty and a boy forever. – Helen Rowland

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The one happiness is to shut ones door upon a little room, with a table before one, and to create to create life in that isolation from life. – Eleanora Duse

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Many people believe that humility is the opposite of pride, when, in fact, it is a point of equilibrium. The opposite of pride is actually a lack of self esteem. A humble person is totally different from a person who cannot recognize and appreciate himself as part of this worlds marvels – Rabino Nilton Bonder

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