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And what after all, is death?? 'Tis but a cessation from mortal life; 'tis but the finishing of an appointed course; the refreshing inn after a fatiguing journey; the end of a life of cares and troubles; and, if happy, the beginning of a life of immortal happiness.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: And what after all, is
O how can wicked men seem so steady and untouched with such black hearts, while poor innocents stand like malefactors before them!
Samuel Richardson Quotes: O how can wicked men
Wicked words are the prelude to wicked deeds.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Wicked words are the prelude
The difference in the education of men and women must give the former great advantages over the latter, even where geniuses are equal.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: The difference in the education
Be sure don't let people's telling you, you are pretty, puff you up; for you did not make yourself, and so can have no praise due to you for it. It is virtue and goodness only, that make the true beauty.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Be sure don't let people's
Tis certain that Morality is an indispensable Requisite of true Religion, and there can be none without it. But it would become the Pride and Ignorance of Pagans only, to magnify it, as the Whole of what is necessary.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Tis certain that Morality is
A Stander-by is often a better judge of the game than those that play.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: A Stander-by is often a
What we look upon as our greatest unhappiness in a difficulty we are involved in, may possibly be the evil hastening to its crisis, and happy days may ensue.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: What we look upon as
The life of a good man is a continual warfare with his passions.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: The life of a good
What honest man would not rather be the sufferer than the defrauder?
Samuel Richardson Quotes: What honest man would not
Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of integrity.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Necessity may well be called
Love is a blazing, crackling, green-wood flame, as much smoke as flame; friendship, married friendship particularly, is a steady,intense, comfortable fire. Love, in courtship, is friendship in hope; in matrimony, friendship upon proof.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Love is a blazing, crackling,
By my soul, I can neither eat, drink, nor sleep; nor, what's still worse, love any woman in the world but her.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: By my soul, I can
I was exceedingly affected, says he, upon the occasion. But was ashamed to be surprised by her into such a fit of unmanly weakness-so ashamed that I was resolved to subdue it at the instant, and guard against the like for the future. Yet, at that moment, I more than half regretted that I could not permit her to enjoy a triumph which she so well deserved to glory in-her youth, her beauty, her artless innocence, and her manner, equally beyond comparison or description. But her indifference, Belford!-That she could resolve to sacrifice me to the malice of my enemies; and carry on the design in so clandestine a manner-yet love her, as I do, to frenzy!-revere her, as I do, to adoration!-These were the recollections with which I fortified my recreant heart against her-Yet, after all, if she persevere, she must conquer!-Coward, as she has made me, that never was a coward before!
Samuel Richardson Quotes: I was exceedingly affected, says
A man who flatters a woman hopes either to find her a fool or to make her one.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: A man who flatters a
Marriage is a state that is attended with so much care and trouble, that it is a kind of faulty indulgence and selfishness to livesingle, in order to avoid the difficulties it is attended with.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Marriage is a state that
Those commands of superiors which are contrary to our first duties are not to be obeyed.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Those commands of superiors which
A good man will honor him who lives up to his religious profession, whatever it be.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: A good man will honor
In other words, such is he desire which everyone has to exculpate himself by blackening his neighbour. You and I, Belford, have been very kind to the world in furnishing it with many opportunities to gratify its devil.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: In other words, such is
Parents sometimes make not those allowances for youth, which, when young, they wished to be made for themselves.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Parents sometimes make not those
Romances, in general are calculated rather to fire the imagination than to inform the judgment.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Romances, in general are calculated
The first vice of the first woman was curiosity, and it runs through the whole sex.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: The first vice of the
Well, my story, surely, would furnish out a surprising kind of novel, if it were to be well told.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Well, my story, surely, would
A prudent person, having to do with a designing one, will always distrust most when appearances are fairest.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: A prudent person, having to
The unhappy never want enemies.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: The unhappy never want enemies.
Whenever we approve, we can find a hundred good reasons to justify our approbation. Whenever we dislike, we can find a thousand to justify our dislike.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Whenever we approve, we can
The uselessness and expensiveness of modern women multiply bachelors.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: The uselessness and expensiveness of
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 Quotes: Humility is a grace that
The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: The pleasures of the mighty
Good men must be affectionate men.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Good men must be affectionate
Tho' Beauty is generally the creature of fancy, yet are there some who will be Beauties in every eye.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Tho' Beauty is generally the
Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Those we dislike can do
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: A man who insults the
Nothing can be more wounding to a spirit not ungenerous, than a generous forgiveness.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Nothing can be more wounding
The laws were not made so much for the direction of good men, as to circumscribe the bad.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: The laws were not made
The person who is worthiest to live, is fittest to die.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: The person who is worthiest
That cruelty which children are permitted to show to birds and other animals will most probably exert itself on their fellow creatures when at years of maturity.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: That cruelty which children are
Women are always most observed when they seem themselves least to observe, or to lay out for observation.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Women are always most observed
Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Love will draw an elephant
What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition?
Samuel Richardson Quotes: What likelihood is there of
He only who gave life has a power over it.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: He only who gave life
For the human mind is seldom at stay: If you do not grow better, you will most undoubtedly grow worse.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: For the human mind is
Vast is the field of Science. The more a man knows, the more he will find he has to know.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Vast is the field of
But these great minds cannot avoid doing extraordinary things!
Samuel Richardson Quotes: But these great minds cannot
In all Works of This, and of the Dramatic Kind, STORY, or AMUSEMENT, should be considered as little more than the Vehicle to the more necessary INSTRUCTION.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: In all Works of This,
Men generally are afraid of a wife who has more understanding than themselves.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Men generally are afraid of
The little words in the Republic of Letters, like the little folks in a nation, are the most useful and significant.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: The little words in the
There are men who think themselves too wise to be religious.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: There are men who think
Over-niceness may be under-niceness.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Over-niceness may be under-niceness.
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: I am forced, as I
The plays and sports of children are as salutary to them as labor and work are to grown persons.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: The plays and sports of
Pray , Mr Tomlinson, be seated. He took his chair over against her. I stood behind hers, that I might give him agreed-upon signals should there be occasions for them.
A thus-A wink of the left eye was to signify, Push that point, captain.
A wink of the right, and a nod was to indicate approbation of what he said.
My forefinger held up, and biting my lip, Get off of that as fast as possible.
A right forward nod, and a frown-Swear to it Captain.
My whole spread hand, To take care not to say too much on that particuliar subject.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Pray , Mr Tomlinson, be
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: There hardly can be a
All that hoops are good for is to clean dirty shoes and keep fellows at a distance.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: All that hoops are good
Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing them, at the same time that it doubles our pleasures by mutual participation.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Marriage is the highest state
The first step in achieving prosperity and wealth is learning to appreciate what you already have.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: The first step in achieving
Every scholar, I presume, is not, necessarily, a man of sense.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Every scholar, I presume, is
What pleasure can those over-happy persons know, who, from their affluence and luxury, always eat before they are hungry and drink before they are thirsty?
Samuel Richardson Quotes: What pleasure can those over-happy
And pray, said I, walking on, how came I to be his Property? What Right has he in me, but such as a Thief may plead to stolen Goods?
Samuel Richardson Quotes: And pray, said I, walking
Tutors who make youth learned do not always make them virtuous.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Tutors who make youth learned
Though a censure lies against those who are poor and proud, yet is Pride sooner to be forgiven in a poor person than in a rich one; since in the latter it is insult and arrogance; in the former, it may be a defense against temptations to dishonesty; and, if manifested on proper occasions, may indicate a natural bravery of mind, which the frowns of fortune cannot depress.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Though a censure lies against
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: Women who have had no
Of what violences, murders, depredations, have not the epic poets, from all antiquity, been the occasion, by propagating false honor, false glory, and false religion?
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Of what violences, murders, depredations,
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: I never knew a man
Every thing is pretty that is young.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Every thing is pretty that
Love before marriage is absolutely necessary.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Love before marriage is absolutely
Many a man has been ashamed of his wicked attempts, when he has been repulsed, that would never have been ashamed of them, had he succeeded.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Many a man has been
Those who have least to do are generally the most busy people in the world.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Those who have least to
Men know no medium: They will either, spaniel-like, fawn at your feet, or be ready to leap into your lap.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Men know no medium: They
Platonic love is platonic nonsense.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Platonic love is platonic nonsense.
Reverence to a woman in courtship is less to be dispensed with, as, generally, there is but little of it shown afterwards.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Reverence to a woman in
People hardly ever do anything in anger, of which they do not repent.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: People hardly ever do anything
Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Hope is the cordial that
It is but shaping the bribe to the taste, and every one has his price.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: It is but shaping the
The world, the wise world, that never is wrong itself, judges always by events. And if he should use me ill, then I shall be blamed for trusting him: if well, O then I did right, to be sure!
But how would my censurers act in my case, before the event justifies or condemns the action, is the question.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: The world, the wise world,
The woman who thinks meanly of herself is any man's purchase.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: The woman who thinks meanly
An acknowledged love sanctifies every little freedom; and little freedoms beget great ones.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: An acknowledged love sanctifies every
Love is not a volunteer thing.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Love is not a volunteer
What a world is this! What is there in it desirable? The good we hope for so strangely mixed, that one knows not what to wish for!And one half of mankind tormenting the other, and being tormented themselves in tormenting!
Samuel Richardson Quotes: What a world is this!
Prejudices in disfavor of a person fix deeper, and are much more difficult to be removed, than prejudices in favor.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Prejudices in disfavor of a
If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many would be made useful members of society that otherwise would make no figure in it.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: If the education and studies
Let a man do what he will by a single woman, the world is encouragingly apt to think Marriage a sufficient amends.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Let a man do what
Women love those best (whether men, women, or children) who give them most pain.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Women love those best (whether
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: We have nothing to do,
It may be very generous in one person to offer what it would be ungenerous in another to accept.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: It may be very generous
Women love to be called cruel, even when they are kindest.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Women love to be called
I will bear any thing you can inflict upon me with Patience, even to the laying down of my Life, to shew my Obedience to you in other Cases; but I cannot be patient, I cannot be passive, when my Virtue is at Stake!
Samuel Richardson Quotes: I will bear any thing
Youth is rather to be pitied than envied by people in years since it is doomed to toil through the rugged road of life which the others have passed through, in search of happiness that is not to be met with in it and that, at the highest, can be compounded for only by the blessing of a contented mind.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Youth is rather to be
You are all too rich to be happy, child. For must not each of you be the constitutions of your family marry to be still richer? People who know in what their main excellence consists are not to be blamed (are they?) for cultivating and improving what they think most valuable? Is true happiness any part of your family-view? - So far from it, that none of your family but yourself could be happy were they not rich. So let them fret on, grumble and grudge, and accumulate; and wondering what ails them that they have not happiness when they have riches, think the cause is want of more; and so go on heaping up till Death, as greedy an accumulator as themselves, gathers them into his garner!
Samuel Richardson Quotes: You are all too rich
Shame is a fitter and generally a more effectual punishment for a child than beating.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Shame is a fitter and
The seeds of Death are sown in us when we begin to live, and grow up till, like rampant weeds, they choak the tender flower of life.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: The seeds of Death are
Women are sometimes drawn in to believe against probability by the unwillingness they have to doubt their own merit.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Women are sometimes drawn in
Women's eyes are wanderers, and too often bring home guests that are very troublesome to them, and whom, once introduced, they cannot get out of the house.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Women's eyes are wanderers, and
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: Quantity in diet is more
We are all very ready to believe what we like.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: We are all very ready
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: This, I suppose, makes me
Sorrow makes an ugly face odious.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Sorrow makes an ugly face
Honesty is good sense, politeness, amiableness,
all in one.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: Honesty is good sense, politeness,
A good man will extend his munificence to the industrious poor of all persuasions reduced by age, infirmity, or accident; to thosewho labour under incurable maladies; and to the youth of either sex, who are capable of beginning the world with advantage, but have not the means.
Samuel Richardson Quotes: A good man will extend
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: Some children act as if
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