Henry Fielding Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings

36 Famous Quotes by Henry Fielding
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“There is nothing a man of good sense dreads in a wife so much as her having more sense than himself.”
Advice / experience / wisdom Quotes
“Conscience--the only incorruptible thing about us.”
Conscience Quotes
“It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.”
Death / immortality Quotes
“Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.”
Envy Quotes
“Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.”
Finance and economics Quotes
“A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart. -Henry Fielding.”
Heart-quotes Quotes
“Great joy, especially after a sudden change of circumstances, is apt to be silent, and dwells rather in the heart than on the tongue.”
Melancholy Quotes
“The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best of hearts.”
Prudence Quotes
“Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.”
Relationships Quotes
“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.”
Miscellaneous Quotes
“It is not from nature, but from education and habits, that our wants are chiefly derived.”
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