Quote #21

I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.

More from Henry Fielding

  1. I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more.
  2. They are the affectation of affectation.
  3. To whom nothing is given, of him can nothing be required.
  4. 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…
  5. It is a trite but true observation, that examples work more forcibly on the mind than precepts.
  6. Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.
  7. The only source of the true Ridiculous (as it appears to me) is affectation
  8. Men who pay for what they eat will insist on gratifying their palates

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