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
love hate heart
A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
character men may
There is scarcely any man, how much soever he may despise the character of a flatterer, but will condescend in the meanest manner to flatter himself.
sorry men evil
Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.
inspirational adversity men
Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
women character men
Most men like in women what is most opposite their own characters.
sorry giving demand
For I hope my Friends will pardon me, when I declare, I know none of them without a Fault; and I should be sorry if I could imagine, I had any Friend who could not see mine. Forgiveness, of this Kind, we give and demand in Turn.
love food delight
LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites.
wise men good-man
It is much easier to make good men wise, than to make bad men good.
soldier lasts firsts
The woman and the soldier who do not defend the first pass will never defend the last.
witty children doing-nothing
When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
nature garden environmental
All nature wears one universal grin.
men alma-mater individual
There is nothing so useful to man in general, nor so beneficial to particular societies and individuals, as trade. This is that alma mater, at whose plentiful breast all mankind are nourished.
death goodbye farewell
It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
happiness thousand persons
Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.