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Quotes from Tom Thumb the Great — Henry Fielding

1707–1754 England

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Nature seems to wear one universal grin.

Tom Thumb the Great (1730)

Thy modesty's a candle to thy merit.

Tom Thumb the Great (1730)

Petition me no petitions, sir, to-day;
Let other hours be set apart for business.
Today it is our pleasure to be drunk;
And this our queen shall be as drunk as we.

Tom Thumb the Great (1730)

When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough;
I've done my duty, and I've done no more.

Tom Thumb the Great (1730)

All Nature wears one universal grin.

Tom Thumb the Great (1730)

To sun myself in Huncamunca's eyes.

Tom Thumb the Great (1730)

Lo, when two dogs are fighting in the streets,
With a third dog one of the two dogs meets;
With angry teeth he bites him to the bone,
And this dog smarts for what that dog has done.

Tom Thumb the Great (1730)

So when two dogs are fighting in the streets,
When a third dog one of the two dogs meets:
With angry teeth he bites him to the bone,
And this dog smarts for what that dog has done.

Tom Thumb the Great (1730)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Henry Fielding (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.