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Samuel Richardson quotes

English Novelist August 19, 1689 – July 4, 1761

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Humility is a grace that shines in a high condition but cannot, equally, in a low one because a person in the latter is already, perhaps, too much humbled. Samuel Richardson
Samuel Richardson quote: "People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when..."
People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called into question. Samuel Richardson
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
Samuel Richardson quote: "The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue."
The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue. Samuel Richardson
Samuel Richardson quote: "Women are always most observed when they seem themselves least..."
Women are always most observed when they seem themselves least to observe, or to lay out for observation. Samuel Richardson
Samuel Richardson quote: "Those who have least to do are generally the most busy people..."
Those who have least to do are generally the most busy people in the world. Samuel Richardson
Samuel Richardson quote: "Parents sometimes make not those allowances for youth, which,..."
Parents sometimes make not those allowances for youth, which, when young, they wished to be made for themselves. Samuel Richardson
Samuel Richardson quote: "for my master, bad as I have thought him, is not half so bad..."
...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
O how can wicked men seem so steady and untouched with such black hearts, while poor innocents stand like malefactors before them! Samuel Richardson
Samuel Richardson quote: "Men generally are afraid of a wife who has more understanding..."
Men generally are afraid of a wife who has more understanding than themselves. Samuel Richardson
Samuel Richardson quote: "A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to..."
A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope. Samuel Richardson
Samuel Richardson quote: "Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons..."
Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons laboring under ill-health. Samuel Richardson
Samuel Richardson quote: "All human excellence is but comparative. There may be persons..."
All human excellence is but comparative. There may be persons who excel us, as much as we fancy we excel the meanest. Samuel Richardson
Samuel Richardson quote: "It may be very generous in one person to offer what it would..."
It may be very generous in one person to offer what it would be ungenerous in another to accept. Samuel Richardson
Samuel Richardson quote: "Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they..."
Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from a wife. Samuel Richardson

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