Henry Fielding on attitude
“Good-breeding is not confined to externals, much less to any particular dress or attitude of the body; it is the art of pleasing, or contributing as much as possible to the ease and happiness of those with whom you converse.”
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Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
Henry FieldingHenry Fielding Good-humor will even go so far as often to supply the lack of wit.
Henry FieldingHenry Fielding In a debate, rather pull to pieces the argument of thy antagonists than offer him any of thy own; for thus thou wilt fight him in his own country.
Henry FieldingHenry Fielding 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.
Henry FieldingHenry Fielding Love may be likened to a disease in this respect, that when it is denied a vent in one part, it will certainly break out in another; hence what a woman’s lips often conceal, her eyes, her blushes, and many little involuntary actions betray.
Henry FieldingHenry Fielding What a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil’s work for free.
Henry FieldingHenry Fielding Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
Henry FieldingHenry Fielding Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.
Henry FieldingHenry Fielding However exquisitely human nature may have been described by writers, the true practical system can be learned only in the world.
Henry FieldingHenry Fielding There are two considerations which always imbitter the heart of an avaricious man–the one is a perpetual thirst after more riches, the other the prospect of leaving what he has already acquired.
Henry FieldingHenry Fielding We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
Henry FieldingHenry Fielding Giving comfort under affliction requires that penetration into the human mind, joined to that experience which knows how to soothe, how to reason, and how to ridicule; taking the utmost care never to apply those arts improperly.
Henry FieldingHenry Fielding Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.
Henry FieldingHenry Fielding I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more.
Henry FieldingHenry Fielding Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.
Henry FieldingHenry Fielding When I mention religion I mean the Christian religion; and not only the Christian religion, but the Protestant religion; and not only the Protestant religion, but the Church of England.
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