Yes, I had two strings to my bow; both golden ones, egad! and both cracked. Henry Fielding More Quotes by Henry Fielding More Quotes From Henry Fielding 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 vicesignorancefall Some general officers should pay a stricter regard to truth than to call the depopulating other countries the service of their own. Henry Fielding paywarcountry 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 vanitygenerositydifferent Good-humor will even go so far as often to supply the lack of wit. Henry Fielding good-humorwit 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 contemplationvirtuemind 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 heromenorder 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 characterlaughingworld Gravity is the best cloak for sin in all countries. Henry Fielding gravitysincountry 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 operationsmindtwo 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 gentlemangivingbook 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 naturemenart 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 glasseslovelaughing To the composition of novels and romances, nothing is necessary but paper, pens, and ink, with the manual capacity of using them. Henry Fielding romanceinkwriting Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the eternal fitness of things? Henry Fielding notioneternitymen 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 hearthappinesslove There is nothing a Man of good Sense dreads so much in a Wife, as her having more Sense than himself. Henry Fielding common-sensewifemen Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation. Henry Fielding envypoliticalsoul The devil take me, if I think anything but love to be the object of love. Henry Fielding devilliteraturethinking There is perhaps no surer mark of folly, than to attempt to correct natural infirmities of those we love. Henry Fielding marknaturallove 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 widows-and-orphansweddingmen
