"The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit,……" — Samuel Richardson
"The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to its own level."
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Samuel Richardson
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112 Quotes by Samuel Richardson
Samuel Richardson has 112 quotes on this site.
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Spiritual pride is the most dangerous and the most arrogant of all sorts of pride.
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Those who respect age, deserve to live to be old, and to be respected themselves.
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What we want to tell, we wish our friend to have curiosity to hear.
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Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one passed on others.
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It may be very generous in one person to offer what it would be ungenerous in another to accept.
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Romances, in general are calculated rather to fire the imagination than to inform the judgment.
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By my soul, I can neither eat, drink, nor sleep; nor, what's still worse, love any woman in the world…
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Men are less forgiving than women.
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What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition.
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Women who have had no lovers, or having had one, two or three, have not found a husband, have perhaps…
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The person who will bear much shall have much to bear, all the world through.
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I am forced, as I have often said, to try to make myself laugh, that I may not cry: for…
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More Affronted Quotes
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If you are affronted it is better to pass it by in silence, or with a jest, though with some…
— Isaac Newton
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One reason that the task of inventing manners is so difficult is that etiquette is folk custom, and people have…
— Judith Martin
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Man is used to the fact that there are languages which he does not at first understand and which must…
— Edward T. Hall
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Be not affronted at a joke. If one throw salt at thee, thou wilt receive no harm, unless thou art…
— Oliver Goldsmith
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I would rather die than betray his trust." "That's not saying much, seeing as you're already dead," Ron observed. "Once…
— Joanne Kathleen Rowling
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Cover your glass in France or Germany --even worse, in England - and in the voice of someone who has…
— David Sedaris
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Peter,” Ashley asked softly, “Do you know what that was?” “Of course,” Peter said, much affronted. “A thimble.” “No,” said…
— Sarah Rees Brennan
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What happened to you?” Jace looked affronted. “What happened to me?” Alec shook him, not lightly. “You said you were…
— Cassandra Clare
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But Clary never found out what it wasn't, because there was a cry of "Jace!" and Alec appeared, breathless from…
— Cassandra Clare
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Can you dance?" she asked before she could stop herself. "I can," he said, affronted. "I'm really good with the…
— Jana Oliver
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