Quote #7

Love and scandal are the best sweeteneers of tea.

More from Henry Fielding

  1. Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.
  2. All Nature wears one universal grin.
  3. A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe the motions of his mistress. He must laugh when she laughs,…
  4. Petition me no petitions, sir, to-day; Let other hours be set apart for business. Today it is our pleasure to be drunk; And this our queen …
  5. He in a few minutes ravished this fair creature, or at least would have ravished her, if she had not, by a timely compliance, prevented him.
  6. When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough; I've done my duty, and I've done no more.
  7. The dusky night rides down the sky, And ushers in the morn; The hounds all join in glorious cry, The huntsman winds his horn, And a-hunting…
  8. Thy modesty 's a candle to thy merit.

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