Quotes by Fielding, Henry

Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, >>

We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions. >>

It hath often been said that it is not death but dying that is terribl >>

Quotations about Books - Reading

A book is a mirror: If an ass peers into it, you can't expect an apost >>

A great book should leave you with many experiences and slightly exhau >>

Books are the money of Literature, but only the counters of Science. >>

There is a set of religious, or rather moral, writings which teach that virtue is the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery in this world. A very wholesome and comfortable doctrine, and to which we have but one objection, namely, that it is not true.

Fielding, Henry