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

Quote by Samuel Richardson

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Calamity is the test of integrity.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

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...

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...

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.

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...

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.

Nothing dries sooner than tears.

Nothing dries sooner than tears.

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

Calamity is the test of integrity.

The little words in the Republic of Letters, like the little folks in a nation,...

The little words in the Republic of Letters, like the little folks in a nation,...

Sorrow makes an ugly face odious.

Sorrow makes an ugly face odious.

Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.

Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.

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.

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

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

Those who have least to do are generally the most busy people in the world.

Those who have least to do are generally the most busy people in the world.

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...

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

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

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...

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.