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Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.


Henry Fielding

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HENRY FIELDING Amiable weakness.
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NOEL FIELDING 'It's not you, it's me.'

'Oh God. That's exactly what my last three boyfriends said whe...
KIM FIELDING Dean had just come from seeing his lawyer. That was the first time that I found out that he had cons...
FRED F. FIELDING Soon after I returned to private practice, former Supreme Court Chief Justice Warren Burger called m...
FRED F. FIELDING It became evident to me that there was a very serious political element at work. I know that the ter...
FRED F. FIELDING Theology in general, instead of acting as a beacon-light to guide the people of God, the laity, as t...
O. FIELDING CLARKE Commemoration of Swithun, Bishop of Winchester, c.862 Commemoration of Bonaventure, Franciscan Fria...
O. FIELDING CLARKE The last eight years have created a lot of deep-seated hostility. People take political decisions ve...
FRED F. FIELDING Satan has control now. No matter where you look, he is in control, even in our own land. He is guidi...
JOSEPH FIELDING SMITH But look, you did not have to be well versed in politics to know that some stupid things were going ...
FRED F. FIELDING I would rather be right than President.
HENRY CLAY There is one day that is ours. Thanksgiving Day is the one day that is purely American.
O. HENRY I see America spreading disaster. I see America as a black curse upon the world. I see a long night ...
HENRY MILLER We do not talk - we bludgeon one another with facts and theories gleaned from cursory readings of ne...
HENRY MILLER It is true I had been successful on a small scale in overcoming one of the main difficulties in the ...
HENRY BESSEMER The people who influence you are the people who believe in you.
HENRY DRUMMOND