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
wise men good-man
It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.
guilt ears shame
Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
wine enemy firsts
Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
fashion science inspire
Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
men errors may
Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.
enough equal
Enough is equal to a feast.
sex white desire
What is commonly called love, namely the desire of satisfying a voracious appetite with a certain quantity of delicate white human flesh.
witty sex minutes
He in a few minutes ravished this fair creature, or at least would have ravished her, if she had not, by a timely compliance, prevented him.
two golden bows
Yes, I had two strings to my bow; both golden ones, egad! and both cracked.
men honor mind
A tender-hearted and compassionate disposition, which inclines men to pity and feel the misfortunes of others, and which is, even for its own sake, incapable of involving any man in ruin and misery, is of all tempers of mind the most amiable; and though it seldom receives much honor, is worthy of the highest.
wine fire youth
Wine and youth are fire upon fire.
handsome doe appearance
Handsome is that handsome does.
two mind operations
Nothing can be so quick and sudden as the operations of the mind, especially when hope, or fear, or jealousy, to which the other two are but journeymen, set it to work.
mind example definitions
It is a trite but true definition that examples work more forcibly on the mind than precepts.