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
animal proud ridiculous
There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.
envy soul mind
Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.
men wife common-sense
There is nothing a man of good sense dreads in a wife so much as her having more sense than himself.
christian mean religion
When I mention religion I mean the Christian religion; and not only the Christian religion, but the Protestant religion; and not only the Protestant religion, but the Church of England.
men eternity notion
Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the eternal fitness of things?
love glasses laughing
A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe the motions of his mistress. He must laugh when she laughs, sigh when she sighs. In short, he should be the shadow of her mind. A lady, in the presence of her lover, should never want a looking-glass; as a beau, in the presence of his looking-glass, never wants a mistress.
witty sex minutes
He in a few minutes ravished this fair creature, or at least would have ravished her, if she had not, by a timely compliance, prevented him.
sorry men evil
Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others concerned with him have done evil! If a man has acted right, he has done well, though along; if wrong, the sanction of all mankind will not justify him.
sex white desire
What is commonly called love, namely the desire of satisfying a voracious appetite with a certain quantity of delicate white human flesh.
mean eye compassion
Want compassion is not to be numbered among the general faults of mankind. The black ingredient which fouls our disposition is envy. Hence our eyes, it is to be feared, are seldom turned up to those who are manifestly greater, better, wiser, or happier than ourselves, without some degree of malignity, we commonly look downward on the mean and miserable with sufficient benevolence and pity.
distress highest
No one hath seen beauty in its highest lustre who hath never seen it in distress.
art may
Life may as properly be called an art as any other.
reality cold violent
He that dies before sixty, of a cold or consumption, dies, in reality, by a violent death.
doe charity may
Though we may sometimes unintentionally bestow our beneficence on the unworthy, it does not take from the merit of the act. For charity doth not adopt the vices of its objects.