George was a great dunce, but no matter for that: all men do not thrive in
the world according to their learning.
-- Henry Fielding
the world according to their learning.
-- Henry Fielding
Related:
- Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics,
and have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity... - All Nature wears one universal grin.
-- Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
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Tom Thumb the Great, Act i, Sc.... - When I 'm not thank'd at all, I 'm thank'd enough;
I 've done my duty,
and I 've done no more. -- Henry Fielding (1707-1754)... - Old men are dangerous; it does not matter to them what is going to
happen to the world.
George Bernard... - To sun myself in Huncamunca's eyes.
-- Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
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Tom Thumb the Great, Act i, Sc.... - Thy modesty 's a candle to thy merit.
-- Henry Fielding (1707-1754)
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Tom Thumb the Great, Act i, Sc.... - It is by discourse that men associate; and words are imposed according to
the apprehension of the vulgar.
And therefore the ill and unfit choice of words wonderfully... - The great end of life is not knowledge, but action.
What men need is as much knowledge as they can organize... - The great end of life is not knowledge, but action.
What men need is as much knowledge as they can organize...
