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
fall ignorance vices
Wit, like hunger, will be with great difficulty restrained from falling on vice and ignorance, where there is great plenty and variety of food.
may world human-nature
However exquisitely human nature may have been described by writers, the true practical system can be learned only in the world.
silly devil fellows
What a silly fellow must he be who would do the devil's work for free.
country war pay
Some general officers should pay a stricter regard to truth than to call the depopulating other countries the service of their own.
character abuse gentleman
I look upon the vulgar observation, 'That the devil often deserts his friends, and leaves them in the lurch,' to be a great abuse on that gentleman's character. Perhaps he may sometimes desert those who are only his cup acquaintance; or who, at most, are but half his; but he generally stands by those who are thoroughly his servants, and helps them off in all extremities, till their bargain expires.
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.
art powerful eye
O innocence, how glorious and happy a portion art thou to the breast that possesses thee! thou fearest neither the eyes nor the tongues of men. Truth, the most powerful of all things, is thy strongest friend; and the brighter the light is in which thou art displayed, the more it discovers thy transcendent beauties.
bears insolence contempt
There is an insolence which none but those who themselves deserve contempt can bestow, and those only who deserve no contempt can bear.
blessing blessing-to-others charity
Riches without charity are nothing worth. They are a blessing only to him who makes them a blessing to others.
fool taxation creation
A lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.
tea scandal cold
Tea! The panacea for everything from weariness to a cold to a murder Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
men errors may
Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.
design care action
It is not enough that your designs, nay that your actions, are intrinsically good, you must take care they shall appear so.