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
soldier lasts firsts
The woman and the soldier who do not defend the first pass will never defend the last.
witty children doing-nothing
When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
nature garden environmental
All nature wears one universal grin.
men alma-mater individual
There is nothing so useful to man in general, nor so beneficial to particular societies and individuals, as trade. This is that alma mater, at whose plentiful breast all mankind are nourished.
death goodbye farewell
It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
happiness thousand persons
Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.
educational enough
When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough.
lying coquette judgment
The life of a coquette is one constant lie; and the only rule by which you can form any correct judgment of them is that they are never what they seem.
writing sides ridiculous
What caricature is in painting, burlesque is in writing; and in the same manner the comic writer and painter correlate to each other; as in the former, the painter seems to have the advantage, so it is in the latter infinitely on the side of the writer. For the monstrous is much easier to paint than describe, and the ridiculous to describe than paint.
letters recommendations countenance
A good countenance is a letter of recommendation.
beauty female female-friendship
In the forming of female friendships beauty seldom recommends one woman to another.
love gossip tea
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
clergy men
For clergy are men as well as other folks.
money devil plague
Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.