Prejudices in disfavor of a person fix deeper, and are much more difficult to be removed, than prejudices in favor.

Quote by Samuel Richardson

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Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons laboring under ill-health.

Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons laboring under ill-health.

The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to...

The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to...

O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and...

O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and...

Women are so much in love with compliments that rather than want them, they will...

Women are so much in love with compliments that rather than want them, they will...

There is but one pride pardonable; that of being above doing a base or dishonorable...

There is but one pride pardonable; that of being above doing a base or dishonorable...

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight.

Honeymoon lasts not nowadays above a fortnight.

The difference in the education of men and women must give the former great advantages...

The difference in the education of men and women must give the former great advantages...

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

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

Whenever we approve, we can find a hundred good reasons to justify our approbation. Whenever...

Whenever we approve, we can find a hundred good reasons to justify our approbation. Whenever...

A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.

A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.

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

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

Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.

Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.

A good man, though he will value his own countrymen, yet will think as highly...

A good man, though he will value his own countrymen, yet will think as highly...

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.

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

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

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.

Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.

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.

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.