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Henry Fielding
English
Novelist
About the author
There is an insolence which none but those who themselves deserve contempt can bestow, and those only who deserve no contempt can bear.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Contempt
The world have payed too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them men of much greater profundity than they really are.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#World
#Men
#Compliment
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best hearts.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Prudence
#Tenderness
The devil take me, if I think anything but love to be the object of love.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Love
#Devil
The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Affectation
#Whim
There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Universe
Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Happiness
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.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Now
#World
#Men
#Reality
#Compliment
One fool at least in every married couple.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Fool
Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
There is perhaps no surer mark of folly, than to attempt to correct natural infirmities of those we love.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Love
#Folly
We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Books
What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Today
#May
#Virtue
#Vice
#Tomorrow
When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Nothing
#Children
When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough, I've done my duty, and I've done no more.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Duty
When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the man, If not the wedding day, is absolutely fixed on.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Day
#Man
#Wedding
#Widows
Where the law ends tyranny begins.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Law
#Tyranny
Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Enemy
#First
#Friend
#Wine
Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Adversity
All nature wears one universal grin.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Nature
Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Worth
#Envy
Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Science
#Desire
#Fashion
#Appearance
Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Will
#Reason
#Poverty
Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Conscience
A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation. O Nature, Nature, why art thou so dishonest, as ever to send men with these false recommendations into the World!
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Art
#Men
#Nature
A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Words
#News
A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Man
#Fool
#Charity
A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Heart
#Taste
Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Man
#Adversity
Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Dancing
Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Heart
#Circumstances
#Change
#Tongue
#Joy
Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Quick
#Guilt
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.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Will
#Mind
#Soul
#Greatness
#Prosperity
#Adversity
I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Men
#Manners
If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#God
#Will
#Money
#Devil
It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Death
#Dying
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Love
#Tea
#Scandal
LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Food
#Word
#Favorite
#Delight
Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#God
#Will
#Money
#Devil
Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Evil
#Money
Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor.
Henry Fielding,
English
Novelist
#Will
#Wit
#Fool
#Honesty