The mind can be but full. It will be as much filled with a small disagreeable occurrence, having no other, as with a large one.

Quote by Samuel Richardson

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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...

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...

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

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

The life of a good man is a continual warfare with his passions.

The life of a good man is a continual warfare with his passions.

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,...

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...

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...

Let a man do what he will by a single woman, the world is encouragingly...

Let a man do what he will by a single woman, the world is encouragingly...

Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our...

Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our...

Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.

Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.

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.

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...

Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from...

Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from...

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...

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...

Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.

Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.

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.

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.