Richard Steele quotes

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. (Richard Steele)
A little in drink, but at all times yr faithful husband. View quote
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Will Honeycomb calls these over-offended ladies the outrageously virtuous. View quote
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Age in a virtuous person, of either sex, carries in it an authority which makes it preferable to all the pleasures of youth. View quote
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Though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behavior; to love her is a liberal education. View quote
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Of all the affections which attend human life, the love of glory is the most ardent. View quote
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I was going home two hours ago, but was met by Mr. Griffith, who has kept me ever since. I will come within a pint of wine. View quote
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A favor well bestowed is almost as great an honor to him who confers it as to him who receives it. View quote
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Among all the diseases of the mind there is not one more epidemical or more pernicious than the love of flattery. View quote
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Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable. View quote
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Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip. (Richard Steele)
A Woman is naturally more helpless than the other Sex; and a Man of Honour and Sense should have this in his View in all Manner of Commerce with her. View quote
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The finest woman in nature should not detain me an hour from you; but you must sometimes suffer the rivalship of the wisest men. View quote
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I am come to a tavern alone to eat a steak, after which I shall return to the office. View quote
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No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience... View quote
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When you fall into a man's conversation, the first thing you should consider is, whether he has a greater inclination to hear you, or that you should hear him. View quote
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That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart. View quote
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I cannot think of any character below the flatterer, except he who envies him. View quote
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It is to be noted that when any part of this paper appears dull there is a design in it. View quote
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The married state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image of heaven and hell we are capable of receiving in this life. View quote
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A woman seldom writes her mind but in her postscript. (Richard Steele)
The fool within himself is the object of pity, until he is flattered. View quote
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There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy. View quote
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I look upon it as a Point of Morality, to be obliged by those who endeavour to oblige me. View quote
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Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools. View quote
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