Henry Fielding Novelist
- Gender: Male
- Citizenship: England
- Born: Apr 22, 1707
- Died: Oct 8, 1754
Henry Fielding 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, using his authority as a magistrate.
His younger sister, Sarah, also became a successful writer.
If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.
money
Scarcely one person in a thousand is capable of tasting the happiness of others.
happiness
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.
wedding
It is not death, but dying, which is terrible.
death
Fashion is the science of appearance, and it inspires one with the desire to seem rather than to be.
science