Henry Fielding Quote

When a man lays the foundation of his own ruin, others will, I am afraid, be too apt to build upon it.


Tom Jones (1749) bk. 18, ch. 10


When a man lays the foundation of his own ruin, others will, I am afraid, be too apt to build upon it.

When a man lays the foundation of his own ruin, others will, I am afraid, be too apt to build upon it.

When a man lays the foundation of his own ruin, others will, I am afraid, be too apt to build upon it.

When a man lays the foundation of his own ruin, others will, I am afraid, be too apt to build upon it.