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
love hate heart
A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
begets
Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness.
best heads prudence
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best hearts.
eat
We must eat to live and live to eat
love gossip tea
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
happiness thousand persons
Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.
women character men
Most men like in women what is most opposite their own characters.
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.
love food delight
LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites.
inspirational adversity men
Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
fool taxation creation
A lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.
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.