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
Quantity in diet is more to be regarded than quality. A full meal is a great enemy both to study and industry.
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.
The person who will bear much shall have much to bear, all the world through.
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.
Nothing can be more wounding to a spirit not ungenerous, than a generous forgiveness.
Love before marriage is absolutely necessary.
People who act like angels ought to have angels to deal with.
To what a bad choice is many a worthy woman betrayed, by that false and inconsiderate notion, That a reformed rake makes the best husband!
Shame is a fitter and generally a more effectual punishment for a child than beating.