1749

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There are a set of religious, or rather moral writers, who teach that virtue is the certain road to happiness, and vice to misery, in this world. A very wholesome and comfortable doctrine, and to which we have but one objection, namely, that it is not true.

Henry Fielding

Tom Jones

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Character

Author

Henry Fielding

Source

Tom Jones

Medium

Novel

Genre

Coming of age story Picaresque

Language

English

Time

1749 1740s 18th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Fielding, Henry. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling. London: Andrew Millar, 1749, bk. 15, ch. 1.

Current Citation

Fielding, Henry. The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, edited by Alice Wakely. Penguin Classics, 2005.

Drink does not drown Care, but waters it and makes it grow faster.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Topic

Drowning one's sorrows Downsides of alcohol Alcohol

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

Source

Poor Richard's Almanack

Medium

Almanac

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1749 1740s 18th century

Era

Colonial America

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard Improved. Philadelphia, 1749.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard Improved." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.

If Passion drives, let Reason hold the Reins.

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

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Topic

Reason and emotion Passion Reason

Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)

Source

Poor Richard's Almanack

Medium

Almanac

Statement Type

Proverbs, aphorisms and adages

Language

English

Time

1749 1740s 18th century

Era

Colonial America

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard Improved. Philadelphia, 1749.

Current Citation

Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard Improved." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.