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
english-novelist money plague
If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.
money roots evil
Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
money years lovers
Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years.
witty money men
Sir, money, money, the most charming of all things; money, which will say more in one moment than the most elegant lover can in years. Perhaps you will say a man is not young; I answer he is rich. He is not genteel, handsome, witty, brave, good-humored, but he is rich, rich, rich, rich, rich -that one word contradicts everything you can say against him.
money devil plague
Make money your god, and it will plague you like the devil.
death dying
It has often been said that it is not death but dying that is terrible.
best heads prudence
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best hearts.
begets
Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness.
adversity bear cannot endure english-novelist equal former greatness likely mind prosperity
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.
hardly whether
Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not.
compliment english-novelist great greater imagined paid profundity
Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity then they really are.
english-novelist great greater imagined profundity
The world have payed too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them men of much greater profundity than they really are.
death
It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
english-novelist fools-and-foolishness
One fool at least in every married couple.