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Than Quotes by Samuel Richardson
- Women who have had no lovers, or having had one, two or three, have not found a husband, have perhaps rather had a miss than…
- Shame is a fitter and generally a more effectual punishment for a child than beating.
- Men generally are afraid of a wife who has more understanding than themselves.
- It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.
- Nothing dries sooner than tears.
- There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often is, between the same man, a lover and a husband.
- It is much easier to find fault with others, than to be faultless ourselves.
- A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less attractive.
- A Stander-by is often a better judge of the game than those that play.
- Women are so much in love with compliments that rather than want them, they will compliment one another, yet mean no more by it than…
- There is a pride, a self-love, in human minds that will seldom be kept so low as to make men and women humbler than they…
- Prejudices in disfavor of a person fix deeper, and are much more difficult to be removed, than prejudices in favor.
- Quantity in diet is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a great enemy both to study and industry.
- A husband's mother and his wife had generally better be visitors than inmates.
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