"Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty;……" — Richard Steele
"Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable."
—
Richard Steele
★
★
★
★
★
0.0 avg (0 ratings)
28 Quotes by Richard Steele
Richard Steele has 28 quotes on this site.
A few more worth reading:
-
One common calamity makes men extremely affect each other, though they differ in every other particular
-
A healthy old fellow, who is not a fool, is the happiest creature living.
-
There can hardly, I believe, be imagined a more desirable pleasure than that of praise unmixed with any possibility of…
-
People spend their lives in the service of their passions instead of employing their passions in the service of their…
-
It is to beoted that when any part of this paper appears dull there is a design in it.
-
I was going home two hours ago, but was met by Mr. Griffith, who has kept me ever since. .…
-
Though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behaviour; to…
-
Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take the…
-
Will. Honeycomb calls these over-offended ladies the outrageously virtuous.
-
When a man has no design but to speak plain truth, he may say a great deal in a very…
-
Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.
-
A Woman is naturally more helpless than the other Sex; and a Man of Honour and Sense should have this…
See all 28 quotes by Richard Steele »
More Atone Quotes
This quote is filed under Atone Quotes,
one of 40 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
-
For a murderous blow let murderous blow atone.
— Aeschylus
-
No erudition, no purity of diction, no width of mental outlook, no flowers of eloquence, no grace of person can…
— Edward McKendree Bounds
-
The ability of a person to atone has always been the most remarkable of human features.
— Leon Uris
-
For youthful faults ripe virtues shall atone.
— William Wordsworth
-
Pride is not the heritage of man; humility should dwell with frailty, and atone for ignorance, error, and imperfection.
— Albert Pike
-
Christ is the Son of God. He died to atone for men's sin, and after three days rose again. This…
— Watchman Nee
-
The plan of salvation could not be brought about without an atonement... The atoning sacrifice had to be carried out…
— C. Scott Grow
-
I cannot be a materialist - but Oh, how is it possible that a God who speaks to all hearts…
— D. H. Lawrence
-
Undeservedly you will atone for the sins of your fathers.
— Horace
-
What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have the virtue to repent and…
— Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
-
Discerning placement of a comma does not atone for a spiritual coma.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
-
Perhaps the most difficult task for us to perform is to rely on God’s grace and God’s grace alone for…
— R C Sproul
See all 40 Atone Quotes »