Samuel Richardson Quotes

English - Novelist | August 19, 1689 - July 4, 1761

A husband's mother and his wife had generally better be visitors than inmates.

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MotherWifeHusbandBetterThanHis

The laws were not made so much for the direction of good men, as to circumscribe the bad.

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GoodMenDirectionBadGood Men

People who act like angels ought to have angels to deal with.

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PeopleAngelsActDealWhoLike

Love is not a volunteer thing.

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LoveLove IsVolunteerThing

A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.

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HopeWidowSeldomLoverRefusal

Parents sometimes make not those allowances for youth, which, when young, they wished to be made for themselves.

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ParentsYouthYoungSometimesMade

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

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FriendCuriosityWishWantTellOur

Let a man do what he will by a single woman, the world is encouragingly apt to think Marriage a sufficient amends.

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MarriageWomanManWorldThinkWill

Love gratified is love satisfied, and love satisfied is indifference begun.

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LoveSatisfiedIndifferenceBegun

The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor.

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TearsPoorMightyPleasuresObtained

Prejudices in disfavor of a person fix deeper, and are much more difficult to be removed, than prejudices in favor.

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PersonMoreFixDifficultFavor

A Stander-by is often a better judge of the game than those that play.

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GameBetterJudgePlayThanThose

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