It may be very generous in one person to offer what it would be ungenerous in another to accept.

Quote by Samuel Richardson

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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...

A husband's mother and his wife had generally better be visitors than inmates.

A husband's mother and his wife had generally better be visitors than inmates.

People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called...

People of little understanding are most apt to be angry when their sense is called...

Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.

Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.

Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.

Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.

Men generally are afraid of a wife who has more understanding than themselves.

Men generally are afraid of a wife who has more understanding than themselves.

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...

Some children act as if they thought their parents had nothing to do, but to...

Some children act as if they thought their parents had nothing to do, but to...

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

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

Those who will bear much, shall have much to bear.

Those who will bear much, shall have much to bear.

Would Alexander, madman as he was, have been so much a madman, had it not...

Would Alexander, madman as he was, have been so much a madman, had it not...

There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often...

There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often...

Humility is a grace that shines in a high condition but cannot, equally, in a...

Humility is a grace that shines in a high condition but cannot, equally, in a...

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

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

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

The English, the plain English, of the politest address of a gentleman to a lady...

The English, the plain English, of the politest address of a gentleman to a lady...

Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.

Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.

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.

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...

Tutors who make youth learned do not always make them virtuous.

Tutors who make youth learned do not always make them virtuous.