Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.

Quote by Samuel Richardson

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To what a bad choice is many a worthy woman betrayed, by that false and...

To what a bad choice is many a worthy woman betrayed, by that false and...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

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 dries sooner than tears.

Nothing dries sooner than tears.

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...

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.

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

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

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

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

The first reading of a Will, where a person dies worth anything considerable, generally affords...

The first reading of a Will, where a person dies worth anything considerable, generally affords...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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