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Samuel Richardson

Samuel Richardson

Samuel Richardson (19 August 1689 – 4 July 1761) was an 18th-century English writer and printer. He is best known for his three epistolary novels: Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded (1740), Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady (1748) and The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1753).

To what a bad choice is many a worthy woman betrayed, by that false and inconsiderate notion, That a reformed rake makes the best husband!
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The difference in the education of men and women must give the former great advantages over the latter, even where geniuses are equal.
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If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many would be made useful members of society that otherwise would make no figure in it.
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Quantity in food is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a great enemy both to study and industry.
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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.
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Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.
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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.
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Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in ill humor.
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From sixteen to twenty, all women, kept in humor by their hopes and by their attractions, appear to be good-natured.
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Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.
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