Samuel Richardson Quotes

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

Men generally are afraid of a wife who has more understanding than themselves.

Samuel Richardson

MenWifeUnderstandingMoreAfraid

Love before marriage is absolutely necessary.

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LoveMarriageNecessaryAbsolutely

Those who will bear much, shall have much to bear.

Samuel Richardson

WillBearWhoMuchThoseShall

Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons laboring under ill-health.

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GreatMadeOughtPersonsAllowances

The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to its own level.

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WorldThinkingDownDelightOwn

Sorrow makes an ugly face odious.

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UglyFaceSorrowMakesOdious

Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be trusted with it.

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PowerWishMoreWhoSeldomMost

People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called into question.

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AngryPeopleUnderstandingQuestion

There would be no supporting life were we to feel quite as poignantly for others as we do for ourselves.

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LifeFeelOthersWouldQuiteWere

Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.

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EyesGreatWordsTalkWhereDeal

There are men who think themselves too wise to be religious.

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MenWiseThinkWhoReligiousToo

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

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WomenObservationAlwaysOutSeem

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