Henry Fielding Quotes About Books

Quotes about: Books

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

  Henry Fielding

  Book, Reading, Liable

  John Osborne, Henry Fielding (2011). “Tom Jones”, p.7, Oberon Books

• There is a sort of knowledge beyond the power of learning to bestow, and this is to be had in conversation; so necessary is this to the understanding the characters of men, that none are more ignorant of them than those learned pedants whose lives have been entirely consumed in colleges and among books; for however exquisitely human nature may have been described by writers the true practical system can be learned only in the world.

  Henry Fielding

  Book, Character, College

  Henry Fielding (1818). “Select Works of Henry Fielding Esq: To which is Prefaced an Original Account of the Life and Writings of the Author”, p.5

• It is a trite but true Observation, that Examples work more forcibly on the Mind than Precepts: and if this be just in what is odious and blameable, it is more strongly so in what is amiable and praiseworthy.

  Henry Fielding

  Book, Mind, Example

  Henry Fielding (1821). ““The” Novels Of Henry Fielding, Esq. Viz. 1. Joseph Andrews, 2. Tom Jones, 3. Amelia, And 4. Jonathan Wild ... To Ahich Is Prefixed A Memoir Of The Life Of The Author”, p.6

• An author ought to consider himself, not as a gentleman who gives a private or eleemosynary treat, but rather as one who keeps a public ordinary, at which all persons are welcome for their money.

  Henry Fielding

  Book, Giving, Gentleman

  Henry Fielding (1861). “Tom Jones”, p.51

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