Samuel Richardson Quotes

What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition?
Samuel Richardson

Ambition, Corrupting, Likelihood

What we want to tell, we wish our friend to have curiosity to hear.
Samuel Richardson

Friend, Wish, Tell

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

Good, Find, Thousand

Women are always most observed when they seem themselves least to observe, or to lay out for observation.
Samuel Richardson

Women, Themselves, Seem

Women love to be called cruel, even when they are kindest.
Samuel Richardson

Love, Women, Cruel

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

Women, Men, Husband

Would Alexander, madman as he was, have been so much a madman, had it not been for Homer?
Samuel Richardson

Madman, Alexander, Homer

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Biography

Nationality: English

Born: August 19, 1689

Died: July 4, 1761

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