Henry Fielding Quotes
- Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the eternal fitness of things? - View Quote Details on Can any man have a higher notion of the rule…
- Penny saved is a penny got. - View Quote Details on Penny saved is a penny got.
- Men who pay for what they eat will insist on gratifying their palates - View Quote Details on Men who pay for what they eat will insist on…
- I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species. - View Quote Details on I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but…
- He was, indeed, in a condition, in which, if reason had interposed, though only to advise, she might have received the answer which one Cleostratus gave many years ago to a silly fellow, who asked him, if he was not ashamed to be drunk? “Are not you,” said Cleostratus, “ashamed to admonish a drunken man?”–To say the truth, in a court of justice drunkenness must not be an excuse, yet in a court of conscience it is greatly so. - View Quote Details on He was, indeed, in a condition, in which, if reason…
- I am as sober as a judge. - View Quote Details on I am as sober as a judge.
- To whom nothing is given, of him can nothing be required. - View Quote Details on To whom nothing is given, of him can nothing be…
- I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches; and he to whom that is given need ask no more. - View Quote Details on I am content; that is a blessing greater than riches;…
- Lo, when two dogs are fighting in the streets,
With a third dog one of the two dogs meets;
With angry teeth he bites him to the bone,
And this dog smarts for what that dog has done. - View Quote Details on Lo, when two dogs are fighting in the streets,
With a… - 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! - View Quote Details on A good face they say, is a letter of recommendation…
- Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation. - View Quote Details on Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.
- To speak a bold truth, I am, after much mature deliberation, inclined to suspect that the public voice hath, in all ages, done much injustice to Fortune, and hath convicted her of many facts in which she had not the least concern. - View Quote Details on To speak a bold truth, I am, after much mature…
- Petition me no petitions, sir, to-day;
Let other hours be set apart for business.
Today it is our pleasure to be drunk;
And this our queen shall be as drunk as we. - View Quote Details on Petition me no petitions, sir, to-day;
Let other hours be set… - One fool at least in every married couple. - View Quote Details on One fool at least in every married couple.
- We must eat to live and live to eat. - View Quote Details on We must eat to live and live to eat.
- In reality, the world have payed too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them men of much greater profundity than they really are. - View Quote Details on In reality, the world have payed too great a compliment…
- …the excellence of the mental entertainment consists less in the subject than in the author’s skill in well dressing it up. - View Quote Details on …the excellence of the mental entertainment consists less in the…
- There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman. - View Quote Details on There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor…
- When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief. - View Quote Details on When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.
- Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of. - View Quote Details on Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have…
- Hairbreadth missings of happiness look like the insults of Fortune. - View Quote Details on Hairbreadth missings of happiness look like the insults of Fortune.
- It hath been often said, that it is not death, but dying which is terrible. - View Quote Details on It hath been often said, that it is not death,…
About Henry Fielding
Henry Fielding (April 22, 1707 – October 8, 1754 ) was an English novelist and dramatist known for his rich earthy humor and satirical prowess and as the author of the novel Tom Jones.
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