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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It is a good maxim to trust a person entirely or not at all.
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Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.
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It has often been said that it is not death but dying that is terrible.
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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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We must eat to live and live to eat
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Never trust the man who hath reason to suspect that you know he hath injured you.
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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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The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best hearts.
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Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness.
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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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If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.
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Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not.
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Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
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Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.