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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Handsome husbands often make a wife's heart ache.

Handsome husbands often make a wife's heart ache.

A man may keep a woman, but not his estate.

A man may keep a woman, but not his estate.

Women who have had no lovers, or having had one, two or three, have not...

Women who have had no lovers, or having had one, two or three, have not...

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.

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...

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...

The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

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...

All human excellence is but comparative. There may be persons who excel us, as much...

All human excellence is but comparative. There may be persons who excel us, as much...

For the human mind is seldom at stay: If you do not grow better, you...

For the human mind is seldom at stay: If you do not grow better, you...

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

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...

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

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

Love before marriage is absolutely necessary.

Love before marriage is absolutely necessary.

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...

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

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

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

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.

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...