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Henry Fielding

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We are as liable to be corrupted by books, as by companions.


— Henry Fielding


#companions #corrupted #liable

What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow.


— Henry Fielding


#today #tomorrow #vice #virtue

When children are doing nothing, they are doing mischief.


— Henry Fielding


#doing #mischief #nothing

When I'm not thanked at all, I'm thanked enough, I've done my duty, and I've done no more.


— Henry Fielding


#duty #enough #i #more #thanked

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


#against #always #day #fixed #i

Where the law ends tyranny begins.


— Henry Fielding


#ends #law #tyranny #where

Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not.


— Henry Fielding


#hardly #honest #knows #person #whether

Guilt has very quick ears to an accusation.


— Henry Fielding


#ears #guilt #quick #very

Worth begets in base minds, envy; in great souls, emulation.


— Henry Fielding


#begets #emulation #envy #great #great souls

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.


— Henry Fielding


#love #scandal #tea






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Censor of Great Britain" until November of the same year. The particular play that triggered the Licensing Act was The Golden Rump but Fielding's satires had set the tone. Though a minor item in Fielding's total oeuvre the subject is consistent with his ongoing preoccupation with fraud sham and masks.

Henry Fielding (22 April 1707 – 8 October 1754) was an English novelist and dramatist known for his rich earthy humour and satirical prowess and as the author of the novel Tom Jones. His younger sister Sarah also became a successful writer.

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