There is no zeal blinder than that which is inspired Henry Fielding More Quotes by Henry Fielding More Quotes From Henry Fielding We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues. Henry Fielding virtue vices opposites Wit, like hunger, will be with great difficulty restrained from falling on vice and ignorance, where there is great plenty and variety of food. Henry Fielding vices ignorance fall Some general officers should pay a stricter regard to truth than to call the depopulating other countries the service of their own. Henry Fielding pay war country O vanity, how little is thy force acknowledged or thy operations discerned! How wantonly dost thou deceive mankind under different disguises! Sometimes thou dost wear the face of pity; sometimes of generosity; nay, thou hast the assurance to put on those glorious ornaments which belong only to heroic virtue. Henry Fielding vanity generosity different Good-humor will even go so far as often to supply the lack of wit. Henry Fielding good-humor wit Good-nature is that benevolent and amiable temper of mind which disposes us to feel the misfortunes and enjoy the happiness of others, and, consequently, pushes us on to promote the latter and prevent the former; and that without any abstract contemplation on the beauty of virtue, and without the allurements or terrors of religion. Henry Fielding contemplation virtue mind There are persons of that general philanthropy and easy tempers, which the world in contempt generally calls good-natured, who seem to be sent into the world with the same design with which men put little fish into a pike pond, in order only to be devoured by that voracious water-hero. Henry Fielding hero men order A grave aspect to a grave character is of much more consequence than the world is generally aware of; a barber may make you laugh, but a surgeon ought rather to make you cry. Henry Fielding character laughing world Gravity is the best cloak for sin in all countries. Henry Fielding gravity sin country Nothing can be so quick and sudden as the operations of the mind, especially when hope, or fear, or jealousy, to which the other two are but journeymen, set it to work. Henry Fielding operations mind two An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who keeps a public ordinary, at which all persons are welcome for their money. Henry Fielding gentleman giving book A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send men with these false recommendations into the World! Henry Fielding nature men art 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. Henry Fielding glasses love laughing To the composition of novels and romances, nothing is necessary but paper, pens, and ink, with the manual capacity of using them. Henry Fielding romance ink writing Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the eternal fitness of things? Henry Fielding notion eternity men Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue. Henry Fielding heart happiness love There is nothing a Man of good Sense dreads so much in a Wife, as her having more Sense than himself. Henry Fielding common-sense wife men Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation. Henry Fielding envy political soul The devil take me, if I think anything but love to be the object of love. Henry Fielding devil literature thinking There is perhaps no surer mark of folly, than to attempt to correct natural infirmities of those we love. Henry Fielding mark natural love
