Among all the diseases of the mind there is not one more epidemical or more pernicious than the love of flattery.
Whoever would be wise should read the Proverbs; whoever would be holy should read the Psalms. - Richard Steele
Whoever would be wise should read the Proverbs; whoever would be holy should read the Psalms.
- Richard Steele
Among all the diseases of the mind there is not one more epidemical or more pernicious than the love of flattery. - Richard Steele
There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy - Richard Steele
There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy
Readings is to the mind what exercice is to the body. - Richard Steele
Readings is to the mind what exercice is to the body.
Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip. - Richard Steele
Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.
People spend their lives in the service of their passions instead of employing their passions in the service of their lives. - Richard Steele
People spend their lives in the service of their passions instead of employing their passions in the service of their lives.
A lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good. - Richard Steele
A lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.
Vanity makes people ridiculous, pride odious, and ambition terrible. - Richard Steele
Vanity makes people ridiculous, pride odious, and ambition terrible.
He that has sense knows that learning is not knowledge, but rather the art of using it. - Richard Steele
He that has sense knows that learning is not knowledge, but rather the art of using it.
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