18 Quotes by Samuel Richardson about Men

  • Author Samuel Richardson
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    Reverence to a woman in courtship is less to be dispensed with, as, generally, there is but little of it shown afterwards.

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    If a woman knows a man to be a libertine, yet will, without scruple, give him her company, he will think half the ceremony between them is over; and will probably only want an opportunity to make her repent of her confidence in him.

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    A man who insults the modesty of a woman, as good as tells her that he has seen something in her conduct that warranted his presumption.

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    A good man will extend his munificence to the industrious poor of all persuasions reduced by age, infirmity, or accident; to thosewho labour under incurable maladies; and to the youth of either sex, who are capable of beginning the world with advantage, but have not the means.

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

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