"It is difficult to conquer the Passions, but it is impossible to satisfy them"
— Fielding, Sarah (1710-1768)
Author
Work Title
Place of Publication
London
Publisher
A. Millar
Date
1759
Metaphor
"It is difficult to conquer the Passions, but it is impossible to satisfy them"
Metaphor in Context
Imitators of Nature in a very different Light from that narrow and confined Sense; as Searchers into the inmost Labyrinths of the human Mind; as penetrating the Force of the different characteristic Bent of the various Dispositions of Men towards their Conduct in Life, and then placing them in such Circumstances, as give an ample Field to display, by the Examples they bring into Action, the fatal Effects of indulged Passions, and the happy Result of restraining all Passions and Tumults of the human Breast within the proper Limits prescribed by Reason; for Monsieur Rochefocault truly says, "It is difficult to conquer the Passions, but it is impossible to satisfy them;" that is, when they rebel against their proper Guide, and forcibly snatch the Reins out of the Hands of that Governor appointed to restrain and keep them within their own prescribed Bounds
Categories
Provenance
Searching "conque" and "reason" in HDIS (Prose Fiction); found again searching "conque" and "passion"
Citation
2 entries in the ESTC (1759).
See The History of the Countess of Dellwyn. In Two Volumes: By the Author of David Simple. (London: Printed for A. Millar, 1759). <Link to ESTC>
See The History of the Countess of Dellwyn. In Two Volumes: By the Author of David Simple. (London: Printed for A. Millar, 1759). <Link to ESTC>
Date of Entry
01/25/2005
