Author: Samuel Richardson

Quotes

Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.

Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.

- Samuel Richardson

Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.

Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.

- Samuel Richardson

O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else!

O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else!

- Samuel Richardson

Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing them, at the same time that it doubles our pleasures by mutual participation.

Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing them, at the same time that it doubles our pleasures by mutual participation.

- Samuel Richardson

The difference in the education of men and women must give the former great advantages over the latter, even where geniuses are equal.

The difference in the education of men and women must give the former great advantages over the latter, even where geniuses are equal.

- Samuel Richardson

There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often is, between the same man, a lover and a husband.

There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often is, between the same man, a lover and a husband.

- Samuel Richardson

The companion of an evening, and the companion for life, require very different qualifications.

The companion of an evening, and the companion for life, require very different qualifications.

- Samuel Richardson

The life of a good man is a continual warfare with his passions.

The life of a good man is a continual warfare with his passions.

- Samuel Richardson

Vast is the field of Science. The more a man knows, the more he will find he has to know.

Vast is the field of Science. The more a man knows, the more he will find he has to know.

- Samuel Richardson

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