52 Quotations by Henry Fielding
- 1. A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ...
- 2. A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe the motions of his m ...
- 3. A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.
- 4. A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he ...
- 5. A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
- 6. Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is an honest man.
- 7. All nature wears one universal grin.
- 8. Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor.
- 9. Conscience -- the only incorruptible thing about us.
- 10. Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cucko ...
- 11. Every hardship; every joy; every temptation is a challenge of the spirit; that the human soul may pr ...
- 12. Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
- 13. Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather ...
- 14. He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of the soul; for t ...
- 15. He, in a few minutes ravished this fair creature, or at least would have ravished her, if she had no ...
- 16. His designs were strictly honorable, as the phrase is; that is, to rob a lady of her fortune by way ...
- 17. I have found it; I have discovered the cause of all the misfortunes which befell him. A public schoo ...
- 18. If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.
- 19. In reality, the world has paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them men of much ...
- 20. It hath often been said that it is not death but dying that is terrible.
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