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He who would be useful, strong, and happy, must cease being a passive receptacle for the negative, beggardly, and impure streams of thought; and as a wise householder commands his servants and invites his guests, so must he learn to command his desires, and to say, with authority, what thoughts he shall admit into the mansion of his soul. James Allen		Tuesday Mar 10, 2026
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The constant desire of pleasing which is the peculiar quality of some, may be called the happiest of all desires in this that it rarely fails of attaining its end when not disgraced by affectation. Henry Fielding

Quote Author: Henry Fielding

Henry Fielding

Henry Fielding

Henry Fielding (April 22, 1707 - October 8, 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 .

Aside from his literary achievements, he has a significant place in the history of law-enforcement, having founded what some have called London's first police force, the Bow Street Runners.

Other Henry Fielding Quotes

Love and scandal are the best sweeteners of tea.

Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others have done evil! If a man has acted right, he has done well, though alone; if wrong, the sanction of all mankind will not justify him.

In a debate, rather pull to pieces the argument of thy Antagonist than offer him any of thy own; for thus thou wilt fight him in his own country.

If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.

There is no zeal blinder than that which is inspired with a love of justice against offenders.

It hath been thought a vast commendation of a painter to say his figures seem to breathe; but surely it is much greater and nobler applause, that they appear to think.

Public schools are the nurseries of all vice and immorality.

Some folks rail against other folks because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.

His designs were strictly honorable, as the phrase is; that is, to rob a lady of her fortune by way of marriage.

A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with an excellency of heart.

The prudence of the best heads is often defeated By the tenderness of the best of hearts.

Oh! The roast beef of England, And old England's roast beef.

The devil take me, if I think anything but love to be the object of love.

Distance of time and place funereally cure what they seem to aggravate; and taking leave of our friends resembles taking leave of the world, of which it has been said that it is not death, but dying, which is terrible.

The constant desire of pleasing which is the peculiar quality of some, may be called the happiest of all desires in this that it rarely fails of attaining its end when not disgraced by affectation.

Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.

Distinction without a difference.

A late facetious writer, who told the public that whenever he was dull they might be assured there was a design in it.

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

We must eat to live and live to eat.

Oh, the roast beef of England, And old England's roast beef!

Enough is equal to a feast.

Lo, when two dogs are fighting in the streets, With a third dog one of the two dogs meets; With angry teeth he bites him to the bone, And this dog smarts for what that dog has done.

The dignity of history.

His designs were strictly honourable, as the phrase is; that is, to rob a lady of her fortune by way of marriage.

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.

Amiable weakness.

Thy modesty 's a candle to thy merit.

Make money your God, and it will plague you like the devil.

All Nature wears one universal grin.

I did not mean to abuse the cloth; I only said your conclusion was a non sequitur. You are another, cries the sergeant.

To whom nothing is given, of him can nothing be required.

It is well known to all great men, that by conferring an obligation they do not always procure a friend, but are certain of creating many enemies.

Penny saved is a penny got.

Petition me no petitions, sir, to-day; Let other hours be set apart for business. To-day it is our pleasure to be drunk; And this our queen shall be as drunk as we.

Neither great poverty nor great riches will hear reason.

Illustrious predecessors.

There is not in the universe a more ridiculous, nor a more contemptible animal, than a proud clergyman.

Republic of letters.

Can any man have a higher notion of the rule of right and the eternal fitness of things?

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.

I am as sober as a judge.

This story will not go down.

There is perhaps no surer mark of folly, than to attempt to correct natural infirmities of those we love.

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.

Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.

A newspaper consists of just the same number of words, whether there be any news in it or not.