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Quote 7. If there are men who cannot feel the delight of giving happiness to others, I sincerely pity them, as they are incapable of tasting what is, in my opinion, a greater honour, a higher interest, and a sweeter pleasure, than the ambitious, the avaricious, or the voluptuous man can ever obtain. Meaning. Here, Tom Jones explains his motivation to act as such a generous spirit. He is rapidly becoming the young man Squire Allworthy wished him to be. Because Tom has his faults and weaknesses, his words here have more meaning and seem more genuine as a result. This stands in contrast to Richardson's Pamela, in which the heroine comes across as sanctimonious in such sentiments. In other words, Tom Jones wishes to find virtue in the midst of realistic complication, and not from unrealistically virtuous characters. We must learn how the world works through experience, and then hope we have the strength to choose the virtuous path.