"I look upon it as a Point of……" — Richard Steele
"I look upon it as a Point of Morality, to be obliged by those who endeavour to oblige me."
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28 Quotes by Richard Steele
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One common calamity makes men extremely affect each other, though they differ in every other particular
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A healthy old fellow, who is not a fool, is the happiest creature living.
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There can hardly, I believe, be imagined a more desirable pleasure than that of praise unmixed with any possibility of…
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People spend their lives in the service of their passions instead of employing their passions in the service of their…
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It is to beoted that when any part of this paper appears dull there is a design in it.
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I was going home two hours ago, but was met by Mr. Griffith, who has kept me ever since. .…
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Though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behaviour; to…
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Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take the…
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Will. Honeycomb calls these over-offended ladies the outrageously virtuous.
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When a man has no design but to speak plain truth, he may say a great deal in a very…
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Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.
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A Woman is naturally more helpless than the other Sex; and a Man of Honour and Sense should have this…
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The true basis of morality is utility; that is, the adaptation of our actions to the promotion of the general…
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My parents were very supportive of me and my artistic endeavours. My father and mother came to every school play…
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First, Resolve upon, and daily endeavour to practise, a life of seriousness and strict sobriety.
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The ultimate goal of the architect...is to create a paradise. Every house, every product of architecture... should be a fruit…
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In the mean time I worship God, laying every wrong action under an interdict which I endeavour to respect, and…
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Novelists are stamina merchants, grinders, nine-to-fivers, and their career curves follow the usual arc of human endeavour.
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One man should not be afraid of improving his posessions, lest they be taken away from him, or another deterred…
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It makes him contemptible to be considered fickle, frivolous, effeminate, mean-spirited, irresolute, from all of which a prince should guard…
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Why does man regret, even though he may endeavour to banish any such regret, that he has followed the one…
— Charles Darwin
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If we range through the whole territory of nature, and endeavour to extract from each department the rich stores of…
— Joseph Paxton
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The history of science, like the history of all human ideas, is a history of irresponsible dreams, of obstinacy, and…
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The power, indeed, of every individual is small, and the consequence of his endeavours imperceptible, in a general prospect of…
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