--- title: "13 Should Quotes By Henry Fielding" description: "13 Should quotes by Henry Fielding. Plus more from Henry Fielding and more Should sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9e/henry-fielding-1358_country_some-general-officers-should-pay-a-stric_1118509.png" --- > [Some general officers should pay a stricter regard to truth than to call the depopulating other countries the service of their own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/some-general-officers-should-pay-a-stricter-regard-to-truth-than-to/) [Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9e/henry-fielding-1358_country_some-general-officers-should-pay-a-stric_1118509.png) > [“nothing can be more reasonable, than that slaves and flatterers should exact the same taxes on all below them, which they themselves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/nothing-can-be-more-reasonable-than-that-slaves-and-flatterers-should/) [Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/082/henry-fielding-1358_flatterer_nothing-can-be-more-reasonable-than-that_984789.png) > [For I hope my Friends will pardon me, when I declare, I know none of them without a Fault; and I should…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/for-i-hope-my-friends-will-pardon-me-when-i-declare-i-know-none-of/) [Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/362/henry-fielding-1358_demand_for-i-hope-my-friends-will-pardon-me-whe_713761.png) > [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/) [Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/309/henry-fielding-1358_accurate_a-comic-writer-should-of-all-others-be-t_1933555.png) > [There are those who never reason on what they should do, but what they have done; as if Reason had her eyes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/there-are-those-who-never-reason-on-what-they-should-do-but-what-they/) [Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/480/henry-fielding-1358_backwards_there-are-those-who-never-reason-on-what_946849.png) > [Considering the unforeseen events of this world, we should be taught that no human condition should inspire men with absolute despair.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/considering-the-unforeseen-events-of-this-world-we-should-be-taught/) [Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fb/henry-fielding-1358_absolutes_considering-the-unforeseen-events-of-thi_684912.png) > [As a great part of the uneasiness of matrimony arises from mere trifles,, it would be wise in every young married man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/as-a-great-part-of-the-uneasiness-of-matrimony-arises-from-mere/) [Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dc5/henry-fielding-1358_agreement_as-a-great-part-of-the-uneasiness-of-mat_1308181.jpg) > [As it is the nature of a kite to devour little birds, so it is the nature of some minds to insult…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/as-it-is-the-nature-of-a-kite-to-devour-little-birds-so-it-is-the/) [Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/13d/henry-fielding-1358_bird_as-it-is-the-nature-of-a-kite-to-devour_2555362.png) > [A lover, when he is admitted to cards, ought to be solemnly silent, and observe the motions of his mistress. He must…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c0/henry-fielding-1358_cards_a-lover-when-he-is-admitted-to-cards-oug_88571.jpg) > [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/) [Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/876/henry-fielding-1358_accurate_we-should-not-be-too-hasty-in-bestowing_2523256.jpg) > [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/) [Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41c/henry-fielding-1358_behave_perhaps-the-summary-of-good-breeding-may_2432991.png) > [The raillery which is consistent with good-breeding is a gentle animadversion of some foible, which, while it raises the laugh in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/the-raillery-which-is-consistent-with-good-breeding-is-a-gentle/) [Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/29e/henry-fielding-1358_breeding_the-raillery-which-is-consistent-with-go_1201802.jpg) > [It is an error common to many to take the character of mankind from the worst and basest amongst them; whereas, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/it-is-an-error-common-to-many-to-take-the-character-of-mankind-from/) [Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac4/henry-fielding-1358_character_it-is-an-error-common-to-many-to-take-th_2750397.png) ## Other authors on Should ## 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/) [Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/) > [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/) [Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/) > [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/) [Henry Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-fielding/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/should/henry-fielding/#itemlist", "name": "13 Should Quotes By Henry Fielding", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Some general officers should pay a stricter regard to truth than to call the depopulating other countries the service of their own.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry Fielding" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/some-general-officers-should-pay-a-stricter-regard-to-truth-than-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9e/henry-fielding-1358_country_some-general-officers-should-pay-a-stric_1118509.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9e/henry-fielding-1358_country_some-general-officers-should-pay-a-stric_1118509.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f9e/henry-fielding-1358_country_some-general-officers-should-pay-a-stric_1118509.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Some general officers should pay a stricter regard to truth than to call the depopulating other countries…” — Henry Fielding", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“nothing can be more reasonable, than that slaves and flatterers should exact the same taxes on all below them, which they themselves pay to all above them”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Henry Fielding" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-fielding/nothing-can-be-more-reasonable-than-that-slaves-and-flatterers-should/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/082/henry-fielding-1358_flatterer_nothing-can-be-more-reasonable-than-that_984789.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/082/henry-fielding-1358_flatterer_nothing-can-be-more-reasonable-than-that_984789.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/082/henry-fielding-1358_flatterer_nothing-can-be-more-reasonable-than-that_984789.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“nothing can be more reasonable, than that slaves and flatterers should exact the same taxes on all below…” — Henry Fielding", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "For I hope my Friends will pardon me, when I declare, I know none of them without a Fault; and I should be sorry if I could imagine, I had any Friend who could not see mine. 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