Quote #19
To whom nothing is given, of him can nothing be required.
More from Henry Fielding
- It is a trite but true observation, that examples work more forcibly on the mind than precepts.
- I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more.
- The only source of the true Ridiculous (as it appears to me) is affectation
- I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.
- 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…
- They are the affectation of affectation.
- Penny saved is a penny got.
- I have found it; I have discovered the cause of all the misfortunes which befell him. A public school, Joseph, was the cause of all the cal…