“To behold her is an immediate check to loose behavior; to love her is a liberal education.”
Sir Richard Steele
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“To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.”
Sir Richard Steele
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Beauty
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“Praise from an enemy is the most pleasing of all commendations.”
Sir Richard Steele
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Praise
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“Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.”
Sir Richard Steele
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Modesty
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“Simplicity of all things is the hardest to be copy.”
Sir Richard Steele
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Imitation
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“The insupportable labor of doing nothing.”
Sir Richard Steele
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Idleness
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“A little in drink, but at all times your faithful husband.”
Sir Richard Steele
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Family
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“Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.”
Sir Richard Steele
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Gossip
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“A healthy old fellow, who is not a fool, is the happiest creature living.”
Sir Richard Steele
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Age
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“That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart.”
Sir Richard Steele
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Age
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“The fool within himself is the object of pity, until he is flattered.”
Sir Richard Steele
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Foolishness
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“I cannot think of any character below the flatterer, except he who envies him.”
Sir Richard Steele
Submitted by Quonation |Category: Flattery
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“It is to be noted that when any part of this paper appears dull there is a design in it.”
Sir Richard Steele
Submitted by Quonation |Category: General
