Quote #18

It is a trite but true observation, that examples work more forcibly on the mind than precepts.

More from Henry Fielding

  1. The only source of the true Ridiculous (as it appears to me) is affectation
  2. To whom nothing is given, of him can nothing be required.
  3. A comic writer should of all others be the least excused for deviating from nature, since it may not be always so easy for a serious poet t…
  4. I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more.
  5. Penny saved is a penny got.
  6. I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.
  7. Sir, money, money, the most charming of all things; money, which will say more in one moment than the most elegant lover can in years. Perh…
  8. They are the affectation of affectation.

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