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Quotes by Henry Fielding

She was, besides, a profest follower of that noble sect founded by Xantippe of old; by means of which she became more formidable in the school than her husband; for, to confess the truth, he was never master there, or anywhere else, in her presence.

Henry Fielding : English novelist & dramatist
Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754)
Source: The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
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The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best of hearts.

Henry Fielding : English novelist & dramatist
Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754)
 
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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 : English novelist & dramatist
Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754)
 
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Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.

Henry Fielding : English novelist & dramatist
Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754)
 
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He that can heroically endure adversity will bear prosperity with equal greatness of the soul; for the mind that cannot be dejected by the former is not likely to be transported without the latter.

Henry Fielding : English novelist & dramatist
Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754)
 
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There is perhaps no surer mark of folly, than to attempt to correct natural infirmities of those we love.

Henry Fielding : English novelist & dramatist
Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754)
Source: Tom Jones
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This story will not go down.

Henry Fielding : English novelist & dramatist
Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754)
Source: Tumble-down Dick.
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I am as sober as a judge.

Henry Fielding : English novelist & dramatist
Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754)
Source: Don Quixote in England. Act iii. Sc. 14.
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When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager, that the man, if not the wedding-day, is absolutely fixed on.

Henry Fielding : English novelist & dramatist
Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754)
Source: Amelia
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Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the eternal fitness of things?

Henry Fielding : English novelist & dramatist
Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754)
Source: Tom Jones. Book iv. Chap. iv.
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