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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Flattery is never so agreeable as to our blind side; commend a fool for his wit, or a knave for his honesty, and they will receive you into their bosoms
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Now, in reality, the world has paid too great a compliment to critics, and has imagined them to be men of much greater profundity then they really are.
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Composed that monstrous animal a husband and wife.
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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.
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The world have payed too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them men of much greater profundity than they really are.
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It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
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One fool at least in every married couple.
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When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough, I've done my duty, and I've done no more.
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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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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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Ingratitude never so thoroughly pierces the human breast as when it proceeds from those in whose behalf we have been guilty of transgressions.
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As it is the nature of a kite to devour little birds, so it is the nature of some minds to insult and tyrannize over little people; this being the means which they use to recompense themselves for their extreme servility and condescension to their superiors; for nothing can be more reasonable than that slaves and flatterers should exact the same taxes on all below them which they themselves pay to all above them.
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A good man therefore is a standing lesson to us all.
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The greatest part of mankind labor under one delirium or another; and Don Quixote differed from the rest, not in madness, but the species of it. The covetous, the prodigal, the superstitious, the libertine, and the coffee-house politician, are all Quixotes in their several ways.