"The only source of the true Ridiculous (as……" — Henry Fielding
"The only source of the true Ridiculous (as it appears to me) is affectation"
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116 Quotes by Henry Fielding
Henry Fielding has 116 quotes on this site.
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When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough.
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All nature wears one universal grin.
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Sir, money, money, the most charming of all things; money, which will say more in one moment than the most…
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Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
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Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
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It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.
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Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.
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Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart…
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Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason
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Distance of time and place generally cure what they seem to aggravate; and taking leave of our friends resembles taking…
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Now in reality, the world has paid too great a compliment to critics, and has imagined them to be men…
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The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.
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More Affectation Quotes
This quote is filed under Affectation Quotes,
one of 54 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Cowardice and courage are never without a measure of affectation. Nor is love. Feelings are never true. They play with…
— Jean Baudrillard
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One of the best temporary cures for pride and affectation is seasickness; a man who wants to vomit never puts…
— Josh Billings
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Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding.
— Lord Chesterfield
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Modesty is a learned affectation. And as soon as life slams the modest person against the wall, that modesty drops.
— Maya Angelou
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I'm trying to learn to smoke, which is rather weird when everyone is trying to stop. I'm not a smoker.…
— Francesca Annis
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The thing is plain. All that men really understand, is confined to a very small compass; to their daily affairs…
— William Hazlitt
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Hypocrisy is the necessary burden of villainy, affectation part of the chosen trappings of folly; the one completes a villain,…
— Samuel Johnson
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Learned conversation is either the affectation of the ignorant or the profession of the mentally unemployed.
— Oscar Wilde
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Great cultural changes begin in affectation and end in routine.
— Jacques Barzun
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Colombe Josse is the older Jesse daughter. Colombe Jesse is also a sort of tall blonde leek who dresses like…
— Muriel Barbery
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When a new writer defends his "style," the teacher smiles (or cringes) because real style isn't an artifice. Real style…
— Bill Roorbach
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Simplicity is a pleasant thing in children, or at any age, but it is not necessarily admirable, nor is affectation…
— Charles Horton Cooley
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