Since our persons are not of our own making, when they are such as appear defective or uncomely, it is, methinks, an honest and laudable fortitude to dare to be ugly.
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
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
Among all the diseases of the mind there is not one more epidemical or more pernicious than the love of flattery. - Richard Steele
Among all the diseases of the mind there is not one more epidemical or more pernicious than the love of flattery.
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.
Readings is to the mind what exercice is to the body. - Richard Steele
Readings is to the mind what exercice is to the body.
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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