Henry Fielding
Henry Fielding
Henry Fieldingwas an English novelist and dramatist best known for his rich, earthy humour and satirical prowess, and as the author of the novel Tom Jones. Additionally, he holds a significant place in the history of law enforcement, having used his authority as a magistrate to foundwhat some have called London's first police force, the Bow Street Runners. His younger sister, Sarah, also became a successful writer...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth22 April 1707
Henry Fielding quotes about
trust persons maxims
It is a good maxim to trust a person entirely or not at all.
wise hero character
...the act of eating,which hath by several wise men been considered as extremely mean and derogatory from the philosophic dignity, must be in some measure performed by the greatest prince, hero, or philosopher upon earth; nay, sometimes Nature hath been so frolicsome as to exact of these dignified characters a much more exorbitant share of this office than she hath obliged those of the lowest orders to perform.
mind virtue contemplation
Good-nature is that benevolent and amiable temper of mind which disposes us to feel the misfortunes and enjoy the happiness of others, and, consequently, pushes us on to promote the latter and prevent the former; and that without any abstract contemplation on the beauty of virtue, and without the allurements or terrors of religion.
mean people bird
As it is the nature of a kite to devour little birds, so it is the nature of some minds to insult and tyrannize over little people; this being the means which they use to recompense themselves for their extreme servility and condescension to their superiors; for nothing can be more reasonable than that slaves and flatterers should exact the same taxes on all below them which they themselves pay to all above them.
guilty behalf breasts
Ingratitude never so thoroughly pierces the human breast as when it proceeds from those in whose behalf we have been guilty of transgressions.
men good-man lessons
A good man therefore is a standing lesson to us all.
character laughing world
A grave aspect to a grave character is of much more consequence than the world is generally aware of; a barber may make you laugh, but a surgeon ought rather to make you cry.
soldier lasts firsts
The woman and the soldier who do not defend the first pass will never defend the last.
educational enough
When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough.
dance dancing parent
Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.
english-novelist
When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough, I've done my duty, and I've done no more.
english-novelist fools-and-foolishness
One fool at least in every married couple.
death
It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
english-novelist great greater imagined profundity
The world have payed too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them men of much greater profundity than they really are.