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Henry Fielding [1707-1754] English

Rank: 101
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Henry Fielding was an English novelist and dramatist best known for his rich, earthy humour and satirical prowess, and as the author of the novel Tom Jones.

Food, Happiness, Nature, Wedding

Quote	Tags	Rank
A rich man without charity is a rogue; and perhaps it would be no difficult matter to prove that he is also a fool.		101
There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.		102
Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.	Happiness	103
Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not.		104
Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.		105
Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.		106
All nature wears one universal grin.	Nature	107
Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.		108
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.		109
Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.		110
If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.		111
Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness.		112
Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.		113
We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.		114
A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.		115
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.		116
LOVE: A word properly applied to our delight in particular kinds of food; sometimes metaphorically spoken of the favorite objects of all our appetites.	Food	117
When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.		118
Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor.		119
Where the law ends tyranny begins.		120
One fool at least in every married couple.		121
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.	Wedding	122
When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough, I've done my duty, and I've done no more.		123
Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.		124
The characteristic of coquettes is affectation governed by whim.		125
I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species.		126
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best hearts.		201
Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.		202
There is perhaps no surer mark of folly, than to attempt to correct natural infirmities of those we love.		203
There is an insolence which none but those who themselves deserve contempt can bestow, and those only who deserve no contempt can bear.		204
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!		205
A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.		206
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.		207
Wine is a turncoat; first a friend and then an enemy.		208
Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil.		209
What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow.		210
The devil take me, if I think anything but love to be the object of love.		211
It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.		212
The world have payed too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them men of much greater profundity than they really are.		213
Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.		214
Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.		215

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