Samuel Richardson
Samuel Richardson
Samuel Richardsonwas an 18th-century English writer and printer. He is best known for his three epistolary novels: Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded, Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Ladyand The History of Sir Charles Grandison. Richardson was an established printer and publisher for most of his life and printed almost 500 different works, including journals and magazines. He was also known to collaborate closely with the London bookseller Andrew Millar on several occasions...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth19 August 1689
Samuel Richardson quotes about
O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else!
Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in ill humor.
What we want to tell, we wish our friend to have curiosity to hear.
Humility is a grace that shines in a high condition but cannot, equally, in a low one because a person in the latter is already, perhaps, too much humbled.
The person who is worthiest to live, is fittest to die.
Every thing is pretty that is young.
Wicked words are the prelude to wicked deeds.
Evil courses can yield pleasure no longer than while thought and reflection can be kept off.
For the human mind is seldom at stay: If you do not grow better, you will most undoubtedly grow worse.
Friendly satire may be compared to a fine lancet, which gently breathes a vein for health's sake.
Smatterers in learning are the most opinionated.
It is much easier to find fault with others, than to be faultless ourselves.
The grace that makes every grace amiable is humility.
Tutors who make youth learned do not always make them virtuous.