A comic writer should of all others be the least excused for deviating from nature, since it may not be always so… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
For I hope my Friends will pardon me, when I declare, I know none of them without a Fault; and I should… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Some general officers should pay a stricter regard to truth than to call the depopulating other countries the service of their own. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
“nothing can be more reasonable, than that slaves and flatterers should exact the same taxes on all below them, which they themselves… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
There are those who never reason on what they should do, but what they have done; as if Reason had her eyes… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Considering the unforeseen events of this world, we should be taught that no human condition should inspire men with absolute despair. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
As it is the nature of a kite to devour little birds, so it is the nature of some minds to insult… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
As a great part of the uneasiness of matrimony arises from mere trifles,, it would be wise in every young married man… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
The raillery which is consistent with good-breeding is a gentle animadversion of some foible, which, while it raises the laugh in the… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
It is an error common to many to take the character of mankind from the worst and basest amongst them; whereas, as… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
We should not be too hasty in bestowing either our praise or censure on mankind, since we shall often find such a… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
Perhaps the summary of good-breeding may be reduced to this rule. "Behave unto all men as you would they should behave unto… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe the motions of his mistress. He must… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
“Though Jones had formerly believed himself in the very prime of youth and vigor, his first encounter with Lady Bellaston both vexed and puzzled… — Henry Fielding Copy Share
Good-breeding is not confined to externals, much less to any particular dress or attitude of the body; it is the art of pleasing, or… — Henry Fielding Copy Share
Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not. — Henry Fielding Copy Share
Sir, money, money, the most charming of all things; money, which will say more in one moment than the most elegant lover can in… — Henry Fielding Copy Share
The greatest part of mankind labor under one delirium or another; and Don Quixote differed from the rest, not in madness, but the species… — Henry Fielding Copy Share
Want compassion is not to be numbered among the general faults of mankind. The black ingredient which fouls our disposition is envy. Hence our… — Henry Fielding Copy Share
It is well known to all great men, that by conferring an obligation they do not always procure a friend, but are certain of… — Henry Fielding Copy Share
A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe the motions of his mistress. He must laugh when… — Henry Fielding Copy Share
As a conquered rebellion strengthens a government, or as health is more perfectly established by recovery from some diseases; so anger, when removed, often… — Henry Fielding Copy Share
A grave aspect to a grave character is of much more consequence than the world is generally aware of; a barber may make you… — Henry Fielding Copy Share
