There is but one pride pardonable; that of being above doing a base or dishonorable action. Samuel Richardson More Quotes by Samuel Richardson More Quotes From Samuel Richardson A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope. Samuel Richardson refusalwidowslovers As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally laid for the happiness or misery of the future man. Samuel Richardson happinessmenchildren From sixteen to twenty, all women, kept in humor by their hopes and by their attractions, appear to be good-natured. Samuel Richardson sixteentwentieshumor The mind can be but full. It will be as much filled with a small disagreeable occurrence, having no other, as with a large one. Samuel Richardson filleddisagreeablemind It is better to be thought perverse than insincere. Samuel Richardson insincere There are men who think themselves too wise to be religious. Samuel Richardson religiouswisemen There cannot be any great happiness in the married life except each in turn give up his or her own humors and lesser inclinations. Samuel Richardson marriedmatrimonygiving-up 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 violenceepichonor It is much easier to find fault with others, than to be faultless ourselves. Samuel Richardson easierfaults 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 amusementstorieslittles An acknowledged love sanctifies every little freedom; and little freedoms beget great ones. Samuel Richardson sanctifytemptationlittles 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 womeneyehome A prudent person, having to do with a designing one, will always distrust most when appearances are fairest. Samuel Richardson prudentdesignappearance The first reading of a Will, where a person dies worth anything considerable, generally affords a true test of the relations' love to the deceased. Samuel Richardson testsreadingfirsts The little words in the Republic of Letters, like the little folks in a nation, are the most useful and significant. Samuel Richardson republicletterslittles The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor. Samuel Richardson pleasurepoortears Love gratified is love satisfied, and love satisfied is indifference begun. Samuel Richardson short-loveindifferenceand-love There is a pride, a self-love, in human minds that will seldom be kept so low as to make men and women humbler than they ought to be. Samuel Richardson prideselfmen The companion of an evening, and the companion for life, require very different qualifications. Samuel Richardson companioneveningdifferent Handsome husbands often make a wife's heart ache. Samuel Richardson husbandheartbeauty
