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Recommendations Quotes

A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.

Henry Fielding (1749). “The history of Tom Jones: a foundling”, p.232

The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.

Henry Fielding, Arthur Murphy, James P. Browne (1871). “Preface. Essay on the life and genius of Henry Fielding, esq. Love in several masques, a comedy. The temple beau, a comedy. The author's farce; with a puppet shew, called The pleasures of the town. The coffee house politician; or, The justice caught in his own trap, a comedy. The tragedy of tragedies; or, The life and death of Tom Thumb the Great”, p.186

A fair exterior is a silent recommendation.

"Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 34-36, Maxims, 1922.

I was the chief executive once, I've been there. My recommendation to anybody is don't go backwards.

"Sir Stuart Rose: 'They say we can't afford to retire, and I don't want to'". Interview with Juliette Garside, www.theguardian.com. April 25, 2012.