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Samuel Richardson Quotes

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

Biography

Author Profession: Novelist
Nationality: English
Born: August 19, 1689
Died: July 4, 1761

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We are all very ready to believe what we like.
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Those who have least to do are generally the most busy people in the world.
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Those who will bear much, shall have much to bear.
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Men generally are afraid of a wife who has more understanding than themselves.
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There are men who think themselves too wise to be religious.
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A man may keep a woman, but not his estate.
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The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.
Samuel Richardson

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