People who act like angels ought to have angels to deal with.

Quote by Samuel Richardson

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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...

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally...

As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally...

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...

All our pursuits, from childhood to manhood, are only trifles of different sorts and sizes,...

All our pursuits, from childhood to manhood, are only trifles of different sorts and sizes,...

The mind can be but full. It will be as much filled with a small...

The mind can be but full. It will be as much filled with a small...

Marry first, and love will come after is a shocking assertion; since a thousand things...

Marry first, and love will come after is a shocking assertion; since a thousand things...

Women love to be called cruel, even when they are kindest.

Women love to be called cruel, even when they are kindest.

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

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

Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one...

Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one...

Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.

Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.

There is a pride, a self-love, in human minds that will seldom be kept so...

There is a pride, a self-love, in human minds that will seldom be kept so...

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...

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...

It is much easier to find fault with others, than to be faultless ourselves.

It is much easier to find fault with others, than to be faultless ourselves.

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

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

If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many...

If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many...

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Every man has the right to life, to bodily integrity.

Every man has the right to life, to bodily integrity.

A person educated in mind and not in morals is a menace to society

A person educated in mind and not in morals is a menace to society