Name: The True PatriotNo. 1. Tuesday, November 5, 1745
Author: Henry Fielding

Quotes from The True PatriotNo. 1. Tuesday… (Henry Fielding)

Henry Fielding, The True PatriotNo. 1. Tuesday… (1745)

“ ILLE EGO, qui quondam — FASHION is the great governor of this world; it presides not only in matters of dress and amusement, but in law, physic, politics, religion, and all other things of the gravest kind; indeed, the wisest of men would be puzzled to give any better reason, why particular forms in all these have been, at certain times, universally received, and at others universally rejected, than that they were in or out of fashion. ”

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Henry Fielding, The True PatriotNo. 1. Tuesday… (1745)

“ It is a phrase commonly used in the polite world, that such a person is in fashion; nay, I myself have known an individual in fashion, and then out of fashion, and then in fashion again. Shakespeare hath shared both these fates in poetry, and so hath Mr. Handel in music; so hath my Lord Coke in law, and in physic the great Sydenham; and as to politics and religion, I am sure every man's memory will suggest to himself very great masters in both, even in the present age, who have been, in the highest degree, both in and out of fashion. ”

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Henry Fielding, The True PatriotNo. 1. Tuesday… (1745)

“ It is, therefore, the business of every man to accommodate himself to the fashion of the times; which if he neglects, he must not be surprised if the greatest parts and abilities are totally disregarded. ”

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Henry Fielding, The True PatriotNo. 1. Tuesday… (1745)

“ In other words, is it not better to give their understanding an entertainment once a week, than to surcharge it every day with coarse and homely fare?
I shall conclude the whole in the words of the fair and honest tradesman: Gentlemen, upon my word and honour, I can afford it no cheaper; and I believe there is no shop in town will use you better for the price. ”

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Henry Fielding, The True PatriotNo. 1. Tuesday… (1745)

“ It is well known that, among mechanics, a much larger advance is often allowed only for a particular name. A genteel person would not be suspected of dealing with any other than the most eminent in his trade, though he is convinced he pays an additional price by so doing. And I hope the polite world, especially when they consider the regard to fashion which I have above professed, will not scruple to allow me the same pre-eminence. ”

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Henry Fielding, The True PatriotNo. 1. Tuesday… (1745)

“ This at least is very probable, that some of these gentlemen may contribute a share of their abilities to the carrying on this work; in which, as nothing shall ever appear in it inconsistent with decency, or the religion and true civil interest of my country, no person, how great soever, need be ashamed of being imagined to have a part; unless he should be weak enough to be ashamed of writing at all ”

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