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> [Flattery in courtship is the highest insolence, for whilst it pretends to bestow on you more than you deserve, it is watching an opportunity to take from you what you really have.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-fielding/flattery-in-courtship-is-the-highest-insolence-for-whilst-it-pretends/)

[Sarah Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-fielding/)

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> [I am none of those nonsensical fools that can whine and make romantic love--I leave that to younger brothers. Let my estate speakfor me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-fielding/i-am-none-of-those-nonsensical-fools-that-can-whine-and-make-romantic/)

[Sarah Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-fielding/)

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## More by Sarah Fielding

> [Yet if strict criticism should till frown on our method, let candor and good humor forgive what is done to the best of our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-fielding/yet-if-strict-criticism-should-till-frown-on-our-method-let-candor/)

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> [What I mean by love ... is this. A sympathetic liking--excited by fancy, directed by judgment--and to which is joined also a most sincere…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-fielding/what-i-mean-by-love-is-this-a-sympathetic-liking-excited-by-fancy/)

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> [ \[S\]haring in common, without any thought of separate property, had ever been their friendly practice, from their first connection. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-fielding/s-haring-in-common-without-any-thought-of-separate-property-had-ever/)

[Sarah Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-fielding/)

> [I fancied I had some constancy of mind because I could bear my own sufferings, but found through the sufferings of others I could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-fielding/i-fancied-i-had-some-constancy-of-mind-because-i-could-bear-my-own/)

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> [I believe no gentleman would like to have his family affairs neglected because his wife was filling her head with crotchets and pothooks, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-fielding/i-believe-no-gentleman-would-like-to-have-his-family-affairs/)

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> [I often used to think myself inthe case of the fox-hunter, who, when he had toiled and sweated all day in the chase as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-fielding/i-often-used-to-think-myself-inthe-case-of-the-fox-hunter-who-when-he/)

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> [I was condemned to be beheaded, or burnt, as the king pleased; and he was graciously pleased, from the great remains of his love,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-fielding/i-was-condemned-to-be-beheaded-or-burnt-as-the-king-pleased-and-he/)

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> [ \[H\]ow do I pity those who (assuming the name of friends) surround themselves with maxims importing the wisdom of doubt and suspicion, 'til they… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-fielding/h-ow-do-i-pity-those-who-assuming-the-name-of-friends-surround/)

[Sarah Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-fielding/)

> [I endeavor not to conceal that I believe there is a great mixture of desire in the passion which is called love--or rather, without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-fielding/i-endeavor-not-to-conceal-that-i-believe-there-is-a-great-mixture-of/)

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> [The supposition that it was possible for any woman to be so mean-spirited as not at least to wish to tear out her rival's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-fielding/the-supposition-that-it-was-possible-for-any-woman-to-be-so-mean/)

[Sarah Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-fielding/)

> [The words of kindness are more healing to a drooping heart than balm or honey.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-fielding/the-words-of-kindness-are-more-healing-to-a-drooping-heart-than-balm/)

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> [There appears to be but two grand master passions or movers in the human mind, namely, love and pride. And what constitutes the beauty…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-fielding/there-appears-to-be-but-two-grand-master-passions-or-movers-in-the/)

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> [Agreeable then to my present inclination, I formed the object of my own worship, which was no other than my own understanding.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-fielding/agreeable-then-to-my-present-inclination-i-formed-the-object-of-my/)

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> [The motives to actions and the inward turns of mind seem in our opinion more necessary to be known than the actions themselves; and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-fielding/the-motives-to-actions-and-the-inward-turns-of-mind-seem-in-our/)

[Sarah Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-fielding/)

> [ \[F\]or women, like tradesmen, draw in the injudicious to buy their goods by the high value they themselves set upon them… They endeavor strongly… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-fielding/f-or-women-like-tradesmen-draw-in-the-injudicious-to-buy-their-goods/)

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