"There is no Pleasure like that of receiving……" — Richard Steele
"There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy."
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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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