Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous
old Henry Fielding quotes, Henry Fielding sayings, and Henry Fielding proverbs, collected over the years from a variety
of sources.'
Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.Henry Fielding
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Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom.Henry Fielding
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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
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Guilt hath very quick ears to an accusation.Henry Fielding
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A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.Henry Fielding
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A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.Henry Fielding
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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
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Flattery is never so agreeable as to our blind side; commend a fool for his wit, or a knave for his honesty, and they will receive you into their bosoms.Henry Fielding
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Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil.Henry Fielding
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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.Henry Fielding
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In a debate, rather pull to pieces the argument of thy antagonists than offer him any of thy own; for thus thou wilt fight him in his own country.Henry Fielding
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The woman and the soldier who do not defend the first pass will never defend the last.Henry Fielding
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The slander of some people is as great a recommendation as the praise of others.Henry Fielding
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Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.Henry Fielding
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These kind of hair-breadth missings of happiness look like the insults of fortune.Henry Fielding
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A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.Henry Fielding
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A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.Henry Fielding
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The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best hearts.Henry Fielding
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A lottery is a taxation on all of the fools in creation.Henry Fielding
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Since I have dealt in suds, I could never discover more than two reasons for shaving; the one is to get a beard, the other is to get rid of one.Henry Fielding
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Considering the unforeseen events of this world, we should be taught that no human condition should inspire men with absolute despair.Henry Fielding
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Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.Henry Fielding
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There is not in the universe amore ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.Henry Fielding
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When I'm not thank'd at all, I'm thank'd enough. I've done my duty, and I've done no more.Henry Fielding
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The dusky night rides down the sky, / And ushers in the morn; / The hounds all join in glorious cry, / The huntsman winds his horn: / And a-hunting we will go. Henry Fielding
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Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.Henry Fielding
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Discourses on subjects above our comprehension... it's like listening to an unknown language.Henry Fielding
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Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.Henry Fielding
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It is a good maxim to trust a person entirely or not at all.Henry Fielding
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A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.Henry Fielding