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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There are men who think themselves too wise to be religious.

There are men who think themselves too wise to be religious.

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...

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.

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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.

We are all very ready to believe what we like.

We are all very ready to believe what we like.

People who act like angels ought to have angels to deal with.

People who act like angels ought to have angels to deal with.

Some children act as if they thought their parents had nothing to do, but to...

Some children act as if they thought their parents had nothing to do, but to...

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.

Every scholar, I presume, is not, necessarily, a man of sense.

Every scholar, I presume, is not, necessarily, a man of sense.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...