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> [Compassion does not only refine and civilize human nature, but has something in it more pleasing and agreeable, than what can be met with in such an indolent happiness, such an indifference to mankind, as that in which the stoics…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-steele/compassion-does-not-only-refine-and-civilize-human-nature-but-has/)

[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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