[Allegory] is a flight by which the human wit attempts at one and the same time to investigate two objects, and consequently is fitted only to the most exalted geniuses.
I fancied I had some constancy of mind because I could bear my own sufferings, but found through the sufferings of others I could be weakened like a … - Sarah Fielding
I fancied I had some constancy of mind because I could bear my own sufferings, but found through the sufferings of others I could be weakened like a …
- Sarah Fielding
[F]or as Socrates says that a wise man is a citizen of the world, so I thought that a wise woman was equally at liberty to range through every statio… - Sarah Fielding
[F]or as Socrates says that a wise man is a citizen of the world, so I thought that a wise woman was equally at liberty to range through every statio…
I am none of those nonsensical fools that can whine and make romantic love--I leave that to younger brothers. Let my estate speakfor me. - Sarah Fielding
I am none of those nonsensical fools that can whine and make romantic love--I leave that to younger brothers. Let my estate speakfor me.
On the wings of fancy, gentle readers, bear yourselves into the mid-air, where by imagination you may form a large stupendous castle. - Sarah Fielding
On the wings of fancy, gentle readers, bear yourselves into the mid-air, where by imagination you may form a large stupendous castle.
I had some short struggle in my mind whether I should resign my lover or my liberty, but this lasted not long. I found myself as free as air and coul… - Sarah Fielding
I had some short struggle in my mind whether I should resign my lover or my liberty, but this lasted not long. I found myself as free as air and coul…
But in all things whether we shall make only a due use of the liberties we have asked, is left entirely to the judicious reader to decide. - Sarah Fielding
But in all things whether we shall make only a due use of the liberties we have asked, is left entirely to the judicious reader to decide.
Tis this desire of bending all things to our own purposes which turns them into confusion and is the chief source of every error in our lives. - Sarah Fielding
Tis this desire of bending all things to our own purposes which turns them into confusion and is the chief source of every error in our lives.
Flattery in courtship is the highest insolence, for whilst it pretends to bestow on you more than you deserve, it is watching an opportunity to take … - Sarah Fielding
Flattery in courtship is the highest insolence, for whilst it pretends to bestow on you more than you deserve, it is watching an opportunity to take …
Agreeable then to my present inclination, I formed the object of my own worship, which was no other than my own understanding. - Sarah Fielding
Agreeable then to my present inclination, I formed the object of my own worship, which was no other than my own understanding.
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