Would Alexander, madman as he was, have been so much a madman, had it not been for Homer?

Quote by Samuel Richardson

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Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in...

Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in...

To be a clergyman, and all that is compassionate and virtuous, ought to be the...

To be a clergyman, and all that is compassionate and virtuous, ought to be the...

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...

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...

The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

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...

Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one...

Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one...

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.

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.

Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.

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.

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.

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...

Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing...

Marriage is the highest state of friendship. If happy, it lessens our cares by dividing...

Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.

Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.

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...

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...

Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.

Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.

Sorrow makes an ugly face odious.

Sorrow makes an ugly face odious.

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

It is better to be thought perverse than insincere.

All our pursuits, from childhood to manhood, are only trifles of different sorts and sizes,...

All our pursuits, from childhood to manhood, are only trifles of different sorts and sizes,...