Henry Fielding Quotes About Wit

Quotes about: Wit

• And here, I believe, the wit is generally misunderstood. In reality, it lies in desiring another to kiss your a-- for having just before threatened to kick his; for I have observed very accurately, that no one ever desires you to kick that which belongs to himself, nor offers to kiss this part in another.

  Henry Fielding

  Lying, Believe, Kissing

  Henry Fielding (1992). “Tom Jones”, p.204, Wordsworth Editions

• Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favour.

  Henry Fielding

  Honesty, Rogues, Fool

• Good-humor will even go so far as often to supply the lack of wit.

  Henry Fielding

  Wit, Good Humor

• Wit, like hunger, will be with great difficulty restrained from falling on vice and ignorance, where there is great plenty and variety of food.

  Henry Fielding

  Fall, Ignorance, Vices

  Henry Fielding (1783). “The Beauties of Fielding. Carefully Selected ... To which is Added Some Account of His Life”, p.184

• With the latitude of unbounded scurrility, it is easy enough to attain the character of a wit, especially when it is considered how wonderfully pleasant it is to the generality of the public to see the folly of their acquaintance exposed by a third person.

  Henry Fielding

  Character, Easy, Enough

  Henry Fielding (1782). “The Beauties of Fielding: Carefully Selected ... To which is Added Some Account of His Life”, p.199

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