| 36 Famous Quotes by henry fielding
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“The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best hearts”
Prudence Quotes |
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“Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.”
Scandal Quotes |
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“Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.”
Wine Quotes |
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“But me no buts.”
Proverbs Quotes Source: Rape upon Rape (act II, sc. 2)
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“Illustrious predecessors.”
Example Quotes Source: in the "Covent Garden Journal"
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“Amiable weakness.”
Weakness Quotes Source: Tom Jones (bk. X, ch. VIII)
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“Handsome is that handsome does.”
Appearance Quotes Source: Tom Jones (bk. IV, ch. XII), also see George Granville
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“Yes, I had two strings to my bow; both golden ones, egad! and
both cracked.”
Prudence Quotes Source: Love in Several Masques (act V, sc. 13)
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“Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the
eternal fitness of things?”
Order Quotes Source: Tom Jones (bk. IV, ch. IV)
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“So when two dogs are fighting in the streets,
When a third dog one of the two dogs meets:
With angry teeth he bites him to the bone,
And this dog smarts for what that dog has done.”
Contention Quotes Source: Tom Thumb the Great (act I, sc. 5, l. 55)
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“None of our political writers . . . take notice of any more than
three estates, namely, Kings, Lords and Commons . . . passing by
in silence that very large and powerful body which form the
fourth estate in the community . . . the Mob.”
Journalism Quotes Source: Covent Garden Journal
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“The blackest ink of fate are sure my lot,
And when fate writ my name it made a blot.”
Names Quotes Source: Amelia (II, 9)
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“When I'm not thank'd at all, I'm thank'd enough:
I've done my duty, and I've done no more.”
Duty Quotes Source: The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great (act I, sc. 3)
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“The modesty's a candle to thy merit.”
Modesty Quotes Source: Tom Thumb the Great (act I, sc. 3, l. 8)
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“Republic of letters.”
Literature Quotes Source: Tom Jones (bk. XIV, ch. I)
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“When mighty roast beef was the Englishman's food
It ennobled our hearts and enriched our blood--
Our soldiers were brave and our courtiers were good.
Oh! the roast beef of England.
And Old England's roast beef.”
Eating Quotes Source: Grub Street Opera (act III, sc. 2), "The Roast Beef of Old England"
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“This story will never go down.”
Story telling Quotes Source: Tumble-Down Dick (air I)
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“When I'm not thank'd at all, I'm thank'd enough:
I've done my duty, and I've done no more.”
Thankfulness Quotes Source: The Life and Death of Tom Thumb the Great (act I, sc. 3)
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“Petition me no petitions, Sir, to-day;
Let other hours be set apart for business,
To-day it is our pleasure to be drunk;
And this our queen shall be as drunk as we.”
Intemperance Quotes Source: Tom Thumb the Great (act I, sc. 2)
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“The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by tenderness of the best hearts.”
Tenderness Quotes |
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“Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.”
Envy Quotes |
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“Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.”
Joy Quotes |
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“Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.”
Worth Quotes |
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“Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.”
Inspirational Quotes |
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“He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatest of the soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported without the latter.”
Advice / experience / wisdom Quotes |
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