All Samuel Richardson Quotes
The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.
Samuel Richardson
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Some children act as if they thought their parents had nothing to do, but to see them established in the world and then quit it.
Samuel Richardson
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Shame is a fitter and generally a more effectual punishment for a child than beating.
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The English, the plain English, of the politest address of a gentleman to a lady is, I am now, dear Madam, your humble servant: Pray be so good as to let me be your Lord and Master.
Samuel Richardson
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The laws were not made so much for the direction of good men, as to circumscribe the bad.
Samuel Richardson
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The little words in the Republic of Letters, like the little folks in a nation, are the most useful and significant.
Samuel Richardson
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Tutors who make youth learned do not always make them virtuous.
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