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
heart broken despair
A broken heart is a distemper which kills many more than is generally imagined, and would have a fair title to a place in the bills of mortality, did it not differ in one instance from all other diseases, namely, that no physicians can cure it.
and-love dignity boon
Dignity and love were never yet boon companions.
opposites vices virtue
We endeavor to conceal our vices under the disguise of the opposite virtues.
men animal drink
Thirst teaches all animals to drink, but drunkenness belongs only to man.
love eye break-out
Love may be likened to a disease in this respect, that when it is denied a vent in one part, it will certainly break out in another; hence what a woman's lips often conceal, her eyes, her blushes, and many little involuntary actions betray.
mind crime pardon
The exceptions of the scrupulous put one in mind of some general pardons where everything is forgiven except crimes.
latin conquer poet
What was said by the Latin poet of labor--that it conquers all things--is much more true when applied to impudence.
book reading liable
We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
law ends tyranny
Where the law ends tyranny begins.
honesty rogues fool
Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favour.
couple fool married
There's one fool at least in every married couple.
mean eye compassion
Want compassion is not to be numbered among the general faults of mankind. The black ingredient which fouls our disposition is envy. Hence our eyes, it is to be feared, are seldom turned up to those who are manifestly greater, better, wiser, or happier than ourselves, without some degree of malignity, we commonly look downward on the mean and miserable with sufficient benevolence and pity.
love glasses laughing
A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe the motions of his mistress. He must laugh when she laughs, sigh when she sighs. In short, he should be the shadow of her mind. A lady, in the presence of her lover, should never want a looking-glass; as a beau, in the presence of his looking-glass, never wants a mistress.
men eternity notion
Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the eternal fitness of things?