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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-steele/whenever-you-commend-add-your-reasons-for-doing-so-it-is-this-which/)

[Richard Steele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-steele/)

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> [“Whenever you commend, add a compelling reason for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and the admiration of fools.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-steele/whenever-you-commend-add-a-compelling-reason-for-doing-so-it-is-this/)

[Richard Steele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-steele/)

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## More by Richard Steele

> [“And I pray mark how he begins: he sets not up trophies to himself, but triumphs in his God-- "I will love thee, O…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-steele/and-i-pray-mark-how-he-begins-he-sets-not-up-trophies-to-himself-but/)

[Richard Steele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-steele/)

> [Pride destroys all symmetry and grace, and affectation is a more terrible enemy to fine faces than the small-pox.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-steele/pride-destroys-all-symmetry-and-grace-and-affectation-is-a-more/)

[Richard Steele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-steele/)

> [People spend their lives in the service of their passions instead of employing their passions in the service of their lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-steele/people-spend-their-lives-in-the-service-of-their-passions-instead-of/)

[Richard Steele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-steele/)

> [A fool is in himself the object of pity, until he is flattered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-steele/a-fool-is-in-himself-the-object-of-pity-until-he-is-flattered/)

[Richard Steele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-steele/)

> [The world is grown so full of dissimulation and compliment, that men's words are hardly any signification of their thoughts.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-steele/the-world-is-grown-so-full-of-dissimulation-and-compliment-that-men-s/)

[Richard Steele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-steele/)

> [It is a certain sign of an ill heart to be inclined to defamation. They who are harmless and innocent can have no gratification…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-steele/it-is-a-certain-sign-of-an-ill-heart-to-be-inclined-to-defamation/)

[Richard Steele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-steele/)

> [I was going home two hours ago, but was met by Mr. Griffith, who has kept me ever since. . . . I will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-steele/i-was-going-home-two-hours-ago-but-was-met-by-mr-griffith-who-has/)

[Richard Steele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-steele/)

> [I love to consider an Infidel, whether distinguished by the title of deist, atheist, or free-thinker.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-steele/i-love-to-consider-an-infidel-whether-distinguished-by-the-title-of/)

[Richard Steele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-steele/)

> [Many take pleasure in spreading abroad the weakness of an exalted character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-steele/many-take-pleasure-in-spreading-abroad-the-weakness-of-an-exalted/)

[Richard Steele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-steele/)

> [It is an impertinent and unreasonable fault in conversation for one man to take up all the discourse.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-steele/it-is-an-impertinent-and-unreasonable-fault-in-conversation-for-one/)

[Richard Steele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-steele/)

> [It is a secret known but to few, yet of no small use in the conduct of life, that when you fall into a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-steele/it-is-a-secret-known-but-to-few-yet-of-no-small-use-in-the-conduct-of/)

[Richard Steele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-steele/)

> [Simplicity of all things is the hardest to be copy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-steele/simplicity-of-all-things-is-the-hardest-to-be-copy/)

[Richard Steele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-steele/)

> [Whether a pretty woman grants or withholds her favors, she always likes to be asked for them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-steele/whether-a-pretty-woman-grants-or-withholds-her-favors-she-always/)

[Richard Steele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-steele/)

> [Since our persons are not of our own making, when they are such as appear defective or uncomely, it is, methinks, an honest and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-steele/since-our-persons-are-not-of-our-own-making-when-they-are-such-as/)

[Richard Steele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-steele/)

> [Vanity makes people ridiculous, pride odious, and ambition terrible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-steele/vanity-makes-people-ridiculous-pride-odious-and-ambition-terrible/)

[Richard Steele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-steele/)

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