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
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Never trust the man who hath reason to suspect that you know he hath injured you.
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His designs were strictly honorable, as the phrase is: that is, to rob a lady of her fortune by way of marriage
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I have found it; I have discovered the cause of all the misfortunes which befell him. A public school, Joseph, was the cause of all the calamities which he afterwards suffered. Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.
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Since I have dealt in suds, I could never discover more than two reasons for shaving; the one is to get a beard, the other is to get rid of one
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George was a great dunce, but no matter for that: all men do not thrive in the world according to their learning
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If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.
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He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported with the later.
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Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness.
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Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
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Yes, I had two strings to my bow; both golden ones, egad! and both cracked.
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Wine and youth are fire upon fire.
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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.
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None of our political writers . . . take notice of any more than three estates, namely, Kings, Lords and Commons . . . passing by in silence that very large and powerful body which form the fourth estate in the community . . . the Mob.
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Thy modesty 's a candle to thy merit.