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
Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our fellow-creatures.
The little words in the Republic of Letters, like the little folks in a nation, are the most useful and significant.
The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor.
There would be no supporting life were we to feel quite as poignantly for others as we do for ourselves.
Would Alexander, madman as he was, have been so much a madman, had it not been for Homer?
The English, the plain English, of the politest address of a gentleman to a lady is, I am now, dear Madam, your humble servant: Pray be so good as to let me be your Lord and Master.
Tired of myself longing for what I have not
Prejudices in disfavor of a person fix deeper, and are much more difficult to be removed, than prejudices in favor.
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.
Men are less forgiving than women.
What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition.
Women who have had no lovers, or having had one, two or three, have not found a husband, have perhaps rather had a miss than a loss, as men go.
I am forced, as I have often said, to try to make myself laugh, that I may not cry: for one or other I must do.