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
design care action
It is not enough that your designs, nay that your actions, are intrinsically good, you must take care they shall appear so.
wine enemy firsts
Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
enough equal
Enough is equal to a feast.
education school vices
Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.
poverty riches reason
Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason
support vices insult
Some virtuous women are too liberal in their insults to a frail sister; but virtue can support itself without borrowing any assistance from the vices of other women.
vanity generosity different
O vanity, how little is thy force acknowledged or thy operations discerned! How wantonly dost thou deceive mankind under different disguises! Sometimes thou dost wear the face of pity; sometimes of generosity; nay, thou hast the assurance to put on those glorious ornaments which belong only to heroic virtue.
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.