"The fool within himself is the object of……" — Richard Steele
"The fool within himself is the object of pity, until he is flattered."
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28 Quotes by Richard Steele
Richard Steele has 28 quotes on this site.
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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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More Flattered Quotes
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one of 130 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment.
— Jane Austen
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For all of those willing to help me start a family, I am flattered. I will let you know when…
— Paula Abdul
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'Handsome' means many things to many people. If people consider me handsome, I feel flattered - and have my parents…
— Richard Chamberlain
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An Englishman, being flattered, is a lamb; threatened, a lion.
— George Chapman
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God was treated like this powerful, erratic, rather punitive father who has to be pacified and praised. You know, flattered.
— John Cleese
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More people are flattered into virtue than bullied out of vice.
— Robert Smith Surtees
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He flattered himself on being a man without any prejudices; and this pretension itself is a very great prejudice.
— Anatole France
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Flattery pleases very generally. In the first place, the flatterer may think what he says to be true; but, in…
— Samuel Johnson
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While my friend was my friend, he flattered me, and I never heard the truth from him. When he became…
— Henry David Thoreau
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Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them.…
— Abraham Lincoln
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Men are not flattered by being shown that there has been a difference of purpose between the Almighty and them.
— Abraham Lincoln
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I suppose that writers should, in a way, feel flattered by the censorship laws. They show a primitive fear and…
— John Mortimer
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