A Quote by Henry Fielding

Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness.

Henry Fielding

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Henry Fielding
English - Novelist
April 22, 1707 - October 8, 1754

Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.

Henry Fielding

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