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Letter "H" » Henry Fielding Quotes
«Read in order to live.»
«Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.»
Author: Henry Fielding
(Novelist, Playwright)
| Keywords:
after a fashion, appearance, fashion, fashioning, inspires, out of fashion, to seem
«Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.»
Author: Henry Fielding
(Novelist, Playwright)
| About:
Gossip,
Love,
Scandal,
witty
| Keywords:
scandal, scandals, sweetener, sweeteners, tea
«Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us»
Author: Henry Fielding
(Novelist, Playwright)
| About:
Conscience
| Keywords:
About us, incorruptible
«The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim»
Author: Henry Fielding
(Novelist, Playwright)
| Keywords:
affectation, affectations, coquette, coquettes, governed, whim
«Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness.»
«The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best hearts»
Author: Henry Fielding
(Novelist, Playwright)
| About:
Prudence
| Keywords:
defeated, heads, prudence, tenderness
«A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.»
«A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe the motions of his mistress. He must laugh when she laughs, sigh when she sighs. In short, he should be the shadow of her mind. A lady, in the presence of her lover, should never want a looking-glass; as a beau, in the presence of his looking-glass, never wants a mistress.»
Author: Henry Fielding
(Novelist, Playwright)
| Keywords:
admitted, beau, beaux, cards, in short, laughs, looking glass, mistress, motions, observe, presence of mind, sigh, sighs, solemnly, The Shadow
«He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported with the later»
Author: Henry Fielding
(Novelist, Playwright)
| About:
Adversity
| Keywords:
bear in mind, dejected, heroically, transport, transported, transporting, transports
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