Quote#Nature
A good face, they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature,…
Quote byHenry Fielding · 1707–1754
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Amelia (1751), Book IX, ch. 5.
English (original)
A good face, they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send men with these false recommendations into the World?
— Henry Fielding
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