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01c. 1730 AD

Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.

Henry Fielding / quote

02c. 1730 AD

Such indeed was her image, that neither could Shakespeare describe, nor Hogarth paint, nor Clive act, a fury in higher perfection.

Henry Fielding / quote

03c. 1730 AD

Adams dealt him so sound a Compliment over his Face with his Fist, that the Blood immediately gushed out of his Nose in a Stream. The Host being unwilling to be outdone in Courtesy, especially by a Person of Adams's Figure, returned the Favour with so much Gratitude, that the Parson's Nostrils likewise began to look a little redder than usual.

Henry Fielding / quote

04c. 1730 AD

Comfort me by a solemn Assurance, that when the little Parlour in which I sit at this Instant, shall be reduced to a worse furnished Box, I shall be read, with Honour, by those who never knew nor saw me, and whom I shall neither know nor see.

Henry Fielding / quote

05c. 1730 AD

Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.

Henry Fielding / quote

06c. 1730 AD

And here, I believe, the wit is generally misunderstood. In reality, it lies in desiring another to kiss your a-- for having just before threatened to kick his; for I have observed very accurately, that no one ever desires you to kick that which belongs to himself, nor offers to kiss this part in another.

Henry Fielding / quote

07c. 1730 AD

Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.

Henry Fielding / quote

08c. 1730 AD

The only incorruptible thing about us.

Henry Fielding / quote

09c. 1730 AD

Thwackum was for doing justice and leaving mercy to heaven.

Henry Fielding / quote

10c. 1730 AD

His designs were strictly honourable as the phrase is: that is to rob a lady of her fortune by way of marriage.

Henry Fielding / quote

11c. 1730 AD

Happy the man and happy he alone He who can call today his own He who secure within can say "Tomorrow do thy worst For I have lived today."

Henry Fielding / quote

12c. 1730 AD

This story will never go down.

Henry Fielding / quote

13c. 1730 AD

Happy the man and happy he alone He can call today his own. He who secure within can say "Tomorrow do thy worst for I have lived today."

Henry Fielding / quote

14c. 1730 AD

LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites.

Henry Fielding / quote

15c. 1730 AD

When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the man, If not the wedding day, is absolutely fixed on.

Henry Fielding / quote