Quotes By Henry Fielding
There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.
Henry Fielding
The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best hearts.
Henry Fielding
Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.
Henry Fielding
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
Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.
Henry Fielding
Commend a fool for his wit, or a rogue for his honesty and he will receive you into his favor.
Henry Fielding
When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough, I've done my duty, and I've done no more.
Henry Fielding
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
Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
Henry Fielding
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
There is perhaps no surer mark of folly, than to attempt to correct natural infirmities of those we love.
Henry Fielding
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
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