A Stander-by is often a better judge of the game than those that play.

Quote by Samuel Richardson

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The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor.

The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor.

Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are...

Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are...

Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our...

Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our...

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.

A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less...

A beautiful woman must expect to be more accountable for her steps, than one less...

Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in...

Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in...

We are all very ready to believe what we like.

We are all very ready to believe what we like.

Vast is the field of Science. The more a man knows, the more he will...

Vast is the field of Science. The more a man knows, the more he will...

Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.

Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.

Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.

Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.

The first reading of a Will, where a person dies worth anything considerable, generally affords...

The first reading of a Will, where a person dies worth anything considerable, generally affords...

The companion of an evening, and the companion for life, require very different qualifications.

The companion of an evening, and the companion for life, require very different qualifications.

Shame is a fitter and generally a more effectual punishment for a child than beating.

Shame is a fitter and generally a more effectual punishment for a child than beating.

What we want to tell, we wish our friend to have curiosity to hear.

What we want to tell, we wish our friend to have curiosity to hear.

Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight.

Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight.

The laws were not made so much for the direction of good men, as to...

The laws were not made so much for the direction of good men, as to...

Every scholar, I presume, is not, necessarily, a man of sense.

Every scholar, I presume, is not, necessarily, a man of sense.

Love is not a volunteer thing.

Love is not a volunteer thing.

Parents sometimes make not those allowances for youth, which, when young, they wished to be...

Parents sometimes make not those allowances for youth, which, when young, they wished to be...

What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition?

What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition?