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Samuel Richardson quotes: Angry men make themselves beds of nettles. Angry men make themselves beds of nettles.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Women do not often fall in love with philosophers. Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.
Samuel Richardson quotes: The laws were not made so much for the direction of good men, as to circumscribe the bad. The laws were not made so much for the direction of good men, as to circumscribe the bad.
Samuel Richardson quotes: The most innocent heart is generally the most credulous. The most innocent heart is generally the most credulous.
Samuel Richardson quotes: The first reading of a Will, where a person dies worth anything considerable, generally affords a true test of the relations' love to the deceased. The first reading of a Will, where a person dies worth anything considerable, generally affords a true test of the relations' love to the deceased.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Wicked words are the prelude to wicked deeds. Wicked words are the prelude to wicked deeds.
Samuel Richardson quotes: She who is more ashamed of dishonesty than of poverty will not be easily overcome. She who is more ashamed of dishonesty than of poverty will not be easily overcome.
Samuel Richardson quotes: People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called into question. People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called into question.
Samuel Richardson quotes: I will be a Friend to you, and you shall take care of my Linen I will be a Friend to you, and you shall take care of my Linen
Samuel Richardson quotes: Women who have had no lovers, or having had one, two or three, have not found a husband, have perhaps rather had a miss than a loss, as men go. Women who have had no lovers, or having had one, two or three, have not found a husband, have perhaps rather had a miss than a loss, as men go.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be trusted with it. Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be trusted with it.
Samuel Richardson quotes: The wisest among us is a fool in some things. The wisest among us is a fool in some things.
Samuel Richardson quotes: A man who insults the modesty of a woman, as good as tells her that he has seen something in her conduct that warranted his presumption. A man who insults the modesty of a woman, as good as tells her that he has seen something in her conduct that warranted his presumption.
Samuel Richardson quotes: It may be very generous in one person to offer what it would be ungenerous in another to accept. It may be very generous in one person to offer what it would be ungenerous in another to accept.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Women are so much in love with compliments that rather than want them, they will compliment one another, yet mean no more by it than the men do. Women are so much in love with compliments that rather than want them, they will compliment one another, yet mean no more by it than the men do.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our fellow-creatures. Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our fellow-creatures.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Quantity in diet is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a great enemy both to study and industry. Quantity in diet is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a great enemy both to study and industry.
Samuel Richardson quotes: I know not my own heart if it be not absolutely free. I know not my own heart if it be not absolutely free.
Samuel Richardson quotes: I never knew a man who deserved to be thought well of for his morals who had a slight opinion of our Sex in general. I never knew a man who deserved to be thought well of for his morals who had a slight opinion of our Sex in general.
Samuel Richardson quotes: But these great minds cannot avois doing extraordinary things! But these great minds cannot avois doing extraordinary things!
Samuel Richardson quotes: Prejudices in disfavor of a person fix deeper, and are much more difficult to be removed, than prejudices in favor. Prejudices in disfavor of a person fix deeper, and are much more difficult to be removed, than prejudices in favor.
Samuel Richardson quotes: The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor. The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Friendly satire may be compared to a fine lancet, which gently breathes a vein for health's sake. Friendly satire may be compared to a fine lancet, which gently breathes a vein for health's sake.
Samuel Richardson quotes: People who act like angels ought to have angels to deal with. People who act like angels ought to have angels to deal with.
Samuel Richardson quotes: A good man will honor him who lives up to his religious profession, whatever it be. A good man will honor him who lives up to his religious profession, whatever it be.
Samuel Richardson quotes: There would be no supporting life were we to feel quite as poignantly for others as we do for ourselves. There would be no supporting life were we to feel quite as poignantly for others as we do for ourselves.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Distresses, however heavy at the time, appear light, and even joyous, to the reflecting mind, when worthily overcome. Distresses, however heavy at the time, appear light, and even joyous, to the reflecting mind, when worthily overcome.
Samuel Richardson quotes: What honest man would not rather be the sufferer than the defrauder? What honest man would not rather be the sufferer than the defrauder?
Samuel Richardson quotes: Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated. Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Men know no medium: They will either, spaniel-like, fawn at your feet, or be ready to leap into your lap. Men know no medium: They will either, spaniel-like, fawn at your feet, or be ready to leap into your lap.
Samuel Richardson quotes: For my master, bad as I have thought him, is not half so bad as this woman.To be sure she must be an atheist! For my master, bad as I have thought him, is not half so bad as this woman.
To be sure she must be an atheist!
Samuel Richardson quotes: For God's sake *what*, sir? How can God's sake and your sake, I pray you, be the same?"~Clarissa Harlowe~ For God's sake *what*, sir? How can God's sake and your sake, I pray you, be the same?"
~Clarissa Harlowe~
Samuel Richardson quotes: Let this expiate! Let this expiate!
Samuel Richardson quotes: An honest heart is not to be trusted with itself in bad company. An honest heart is not to be trusted with itself in bad company.
Samuel Richardson quotes: What we want to tell, we wish our friend to have curiosity to hear. What we want to tell, we wish our friend to have curiosity to hear.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Shame is a fitter and generally a more effectual punishment for a child than beating. Shame is a fitter and generally a more effectual punishment for a child than beating.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Sorrow makes an ugly face odious. Sorrow makes an ugly face odious.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one passed on others. Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one passed on others.
Samuel Richardson quotes: The person who is worthiest to live, is fittest to die. The person who is worthiest to live, is fittest to die.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal. Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.
Samuel Richardson quotes: An acknowledged love sanctifies every little freedom; and little freedoms beget great ones. An acknowledged love sanctifies every little freedom; and little freedoms beget great ones.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Nothing can be more wounding to a spirit not ungenerous, than a generous forgiveness. Nothing can be more wounding to a spirit not ungenerous, than a generous forgiveness.
Samuel Richardson quotes: A husband's mother and his wife had generally better be visitors than inmates A husband's mother and his wife had generally better be visitors than inmates
Samuel Richardson quotes: There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often is, between the same man, a lover and a husband. There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often is, between the same man, a lover and a husband.
Samuel Richardson quotes: The first vice of the first woman was curiosity, and it runs through the whole sex. The first vice of the first woman was curiosity, and it runs through the whole sex.
Samuel Richardson quotes: We are all very ready to believe what we like. We are all very ready to believe what we like.
Samuel Richardson quotes: A Stander-by is often a better judge of the game than those that play. A Stander-by is often a better judge of the game than those that play.
Samuel Richardson quotes: He only who gave life has a power over it. He only who gave life has a power over it.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Beauty is an accidental and transient good. Beauty is an accidental and transient good.
Samuel Richardson quotes: The first step in achieving prosperity and wealth is learning to appreciate what you already have. The first step in achieving prosperity and wealth is learning to appreciate what you already have.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight. Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Air and manners are more expressive than words. Air and manners are more expressive than words.
Samuel Richardson quotes: The companion of an evening, and the companion for life, require very different qualifications. The companion of an evening, and the companion for life, require very different qualifications.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Women love to be called cruel, even when they are kindest. Women love to be called cruel, even when they are kindest.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Love before marriage is absolutely necessary. Love before marriage is absolutely necessary.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Tutors who make youth learned do not always make them virtuous. Tutors who make youth learned do not always make them virtuous.
Samuel Richardson quotes: To be courted as princesses for a few weeks, in order to be treated as slaves for the rest of our lives. To be courted as princesses for a few weeks, in order to be treated as slaves for the rest of our lives.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Some children act as if they thought their parents had nothing to do, but to see them established in the world and then quit it. Some children act as if they thought their parents had nothing to do, but to see them established in the world and then quit it.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Calamity is the test of integrity. Calamity is the test of integrity.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in ill humor. Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in ill humor.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Tired of myself longing for what I have not Tired of myself longing for what I have not
Samuel Richardson quotes: What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition? What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition?
Samuel Richardson quotes: All angry persons are to be treated, by the prudent, as children. All angry persons are to be treated, by the prudent, as children.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Those who respect age, deserve to live to be old, and to be respected themselves. Those who respect age, deserve to live to be old, and to be respected themselves.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Those commands of superiors which are contrary to our first duties are not to be obeyed. Those commands of superiors which are contrary to our first duties are not to be obeyed.
Samuel Richardson quotes: I am forced, as I have often said, to try to make myself laugh, that I may not cry: for one or other I must do. I am forced, as I have often said, to try to make myself laugh, that I may not cry: for one or other I must do.
Samuel Richardson quotes: A man may keep a woman, but not his estate. A man may keep a woman, but not his estate.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Good men must be affectionate men. Good men must be affectionate men.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Would Alexander, madman as he was, have been so much a madman, had it not been for Homer? Would Alexander, madman as he was, have been so much a madman, had it not been for Homer?
Samuel Richardson quotes: This, I suppose, makes me such a sauce-box, and bold-face, and a creature, and all because I won't be a sauce-box and bold-face indeed. This, I suppose, makes me such a sauce-box, and bold-face, and a creature, and all because I won't be a sauce-box and bold-face indeed.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Those we dislike can do nothing to please us. Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Honesty is good sense, politeness, amiableness,all in one. Honesty is good sense, politeness, amiableness,
all in one.
Samuel Richardson quotes: But these great minds cannot avoid doing extraordinary things! But these great minds cannot avoid doing extraordinary things!
Samuel Richardson quotes: Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons laboring under ill-health. Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons laboring under ill-health.
Samuel Richardson quotes: There are men who think themselves too wise to be religious. There are men who think themselves too wise to be religious.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating. Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.
Samuel Richardson quotes: We have nothing to do, but to choose what is right, to be steady in the pursuit of it, and leave the issue to Providence. We have nothing to do, but to choose what is right, to be steady in the pursuit of it, and leave the issue to Providence.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Tho' Beauty is generally the creature of fancy, yet are there some who will be Beauties in every eye. Tho' Beauty is generally the creature of fancy, yet are there some who will be Beauties in every eye.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Women love those best (whether men, women, or children) who give them most pain. Women love those best (whether men, women, or children) who give them most pain.
Samuel Richardson quotes: You cannot imagine my emotion behind the yew hedge ... You cannot imagine my emotion behind the yew hedge ...
Samuel Richardson quotes: Old men, imagining themselves under obligation to young paramours, seldom keep any thing from their knowledge. Old men, imagining themselves under obligation to young paramours, seldom keep any thing from their knowledge.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Well, my story, surely, would furnish out a surprising kind of novel, if it were to be well told. Well, my story, surely, would furnish out a surprising kind of novel, if it were to be well told.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Spiritual pride is the most dangerous and the most arrogant of all sorts of pride. Spiritual pride is the most dangerous and the most arrogant of all sorts of pride.
Samuel Richardson quotes: For the human mind is seldom at stay: If you do not grow better, you will most undoubtedly grow worse. For the human mind is seldom at stay: If you do not grow better, you will most undoubtedly grow worse.
Samuel Richardson quotes: A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope. A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.
Samuel Richardson quotes: It is better to be thought perverse than insincere. It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Over-niceness may be under-niceness. Over-niceness may be under-niceness.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Rakes are more suspicious than honest men. Rakes are more suspicious than honest men.
Samuel Richardson quotes: All human excellence is but comparative. There may be persons who excel us, as much as we fancy we excel the meanest. All human excellence is but comparative. There may be persons who excel us, as much as we fancy we excel the meanest.
Samuel Richardson quotes: To what a bad choice is many a worthy woman betrayed, by that false and inconsiderate notion, That a reformed rake makes the best husband! To what a bad choice is many a worthy woman betrayed, by that false and inconsiderate notion, That a reformed rake makes the best husband!
Samuel Richardson quotes: The unhappy never want enemies. The unhappy never want enemies.
Samuel Richardson quotes: To be a clergyman, and all that is compassionate and virtuous, ought to be the same thing. To be a clergyman, and all that is compassionate and virtuous, ought to be the same thing.
Samuel Richardson quotes: The uselessness and expensiveness of modern women multiply bachelors. The uselessness and expensiveness of modern women multiply bachelors.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Parents sometimes make not those allowances for youth, which, when young, they wished to be made for themselves. Parents sometimes make not those allowances for youth, which, when young, they wished to be made for themselves.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Virtue only is the true beauty. Virtue only is the true beauty.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Those who doubt themselves most generally err least. Those who doubt themselves most generally err least.
Samuel Richardson quotes: The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to its own level. The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to its own level.
Samuel Richardson quotes: There is but one pride pardonable; that of being above doing a base or dishonorable action. There is but one pride pardonable; that of being above doing a base or dishonorable action.
Samuel Richardson quotes: A fop takes great pains to hang out a sign, by his dress, of what he has within. A fop takes great pains to hang out a sign, by his dress, of what he has within.
Samuel Richardson quotes: Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole. Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.

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