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title: "21 May Quotes By Henry Fielding"
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> [Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/custom-may-lead-a-man-into-many-errors-but-it-justifies-none/)

[Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/)

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> [Life may as properly be called an art as any other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/life-may-as-properly-be-called-an-art-as-any-other/)

[Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/)

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> [A man may go to heaven with half the pains it cost him to purchase hell.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/a-man-may-go-to-heaven-with-half-the-pains-it-cost-him-to-purchase/)

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> [What's vice today may be virtue, tomorrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/what-s-vice-today-may-be-virtue-tomorrow/)

[Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/)

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> [However exquisitely human nature may have been described by writers, the true practical system can be learned only in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/however-exquisitely-human-nature-may-have-been-described-by-writers/)

[Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/)

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> [“there is scarce any man, how much soever he may despise the character of a flatterer, but will condescend in the meanest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/there-is-scarce-any-man-how-much-soever-he-may-despise-the-character/)

[Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/)

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> [Beauty may be the object of liking--great qualities of admiration--good ones of esteem--but love only is the object of love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/beauty-may-be-the-object-of-liking-great-qualities-of-admiration-good/)

[Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/)

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> [The same animal which hath the honour to have some part of his flesh eaten at the table of a duke, may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/the-same-animal-which-hath-the-honour-to-have-some-part-of-his-flesh/)

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> [Heroes, notwithstanding the high ideas which, by the means of flatterers, they may entertain of themselves, or the world may conceive of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/heroes-notwithstanding-the-high-ideas-which-by-the-means-of/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/the-constant-desire-of-pleasing-which-is-the-peculiar-quality-of-some/)

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> [A grave aspect to a grave character is of much more consequence than the world is generally aware of; a barber may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/a-grave-aspect-to-a-grave-character-is-of-much-more-consequence-than/)

[Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/)

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> [A comic writer should of all others be the least excused for deviating from nature, since it may not be always so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/a-comic-writer-should-of-all-others-be-the-least-excused-for/)

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> [When the effects of female jealousy do not appear openly in their proper colours of rage and fury, we may suspect that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/when-the-effects-of-female-jealousy-do-not-appear-openly-in-their/)

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> [Love may be likened to a disease in this respect, that when it is denied a vent in one part, it will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/love-may-be-likened-to-a-disease-in-this-respect-that-when-it-is/)

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> [It may be laid down as a general rule, that no woman who hath any great pretensions to admiration is ever well…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/it-may-be-laid-down-as-a-general-rule-that-no-woman-who-hath-any/)

[Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/)

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> [I look upon the vulgar observation, 'That the devil often deserts his friends, and leaves them in the lurch,' to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/i-look-upon-the-vulgar-observation-that-the-devil-often-deserts-his/)

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> [There is a sort of knowledge beyond the power of learning to bestow, and this is to be had in conversation; so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/there-is-a-sort-of-knowledge-beyond-the-power-of-learning-to-bestow/)

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> [As it often happens that the best men are but little known, and consequently cannot extend the usefulness of their examples a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/as-it-often-happens-that-the-best-men-are-but-little-known-and/)

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> [We should not be too hasty in bestowing either our praise or censure on mankind, since we shall often find such a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/we-should-not-be-too-hasty-in-bestowing-either-our-praise-or-censure/)

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> [Though we may sometimes unintentionally bestow our beneficence on the unworthy, it does not take from the merit of the act. For…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/though-we-may-sometimes-unintentionally-bestow-our-beneficence-on-the/)

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> [Perhaps the summary of good-breeding may be reduced to this rule. "Behave unto all men as you would they should behave unto…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/perhaps-the-summary-of-good-breeding-may-be-reduced-to-this-rule/)

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## Other authors on May

## More by Henry Fielding

> [“Though Jones had formerly believed himself in the very prime of youth and vigor, his first encounter with Lady Bellaston both vexed and puzzled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/though-jones-had-formerly-believed-himself-in-the-very-prime-of-youth/)

[Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/)

> [A good man therefore is a standing lesson to us all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/a-good-man-therefore-is-a-standing-lesson-to-us-all/)

[Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/)

> [Good-breeding is not confined to externals, much less to any particular dress or attitude of the body; it is the art of pleasing, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/good-breeding-is-not-confined-to-externals-much-less-to-any/)

[Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/)

> [Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it, a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/adversity-is-the-trial-of-principle-without-it-a-man-hardly-knows/)

[Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/)

> [Sir, money, money, the most charming of all things; money, which will say more in one moment than the most elegant lover can in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/sir-money-money-the-most-charming-of-all-things-money-which-will-say/)

[Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/)

> [The greatest part of mankind labor under one delirium or another; and Don Quixote differed from the rest, not in madness, but the species…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/the-greatest-part-of-mankind-labor-under-one-delirium-or-another-and/)

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> [Want compassion is not to be numbered among the general faults of mankind. The black ingredient which fouls our disposition is envy. Hence our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/want-compassion-is-not-to-be-numbered-among-the-general-faults-of/)

[Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/)

> [It is well known to all great men, that by conferring an obligation they do not always procure a friend, but are certain of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/it-is-well-known-to-all-great-men-that-by-conferring-an-obligation/)

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> [One fool at least in every married couple.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/one-fool-at-least-in-every-married-couple/)

[Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/)

> [A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe the motions of his mistress. He must laugh when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/a-lover-when-he-is-admitted-to-cards-ought-to-be-solemnly-silent-and/)

[Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/)

> [If you make money your god, it will plague you like the devil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/if-you-make-money-your-god-it-will-plague-you-like-the-devil/)

[Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/)

> [As a conquered rebellion strengthens a government, or as health is more perfectly established by recovery from some diseases; so anger, when removed, often…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/as-a-conquered-rebellion-strengthens-a-government-or-as-health-is/)

[Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/)

> [A wonder lasts but nine days, and then the puppy's eyes are open.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/a-wonder-lasts-but-nine-days-and-then-the-puppy-s-eyes-are-open/)

[Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/)

> [Custom may lead a man into many errors; but it justifies none.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/custom-may-lead-a-man-into-many-errors-but-it-justifies-none/)

[Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/)

> [A grave aspect to a grave character is of much more consequence than the world is generally aware of; a barber may make you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/a-grave-aspect-to-a-grave-character-is-of-much-more-consequence-than/)

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