Richard Steele Quotes & Sayings
15 most famous Richard Steele quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He was a British dramatist who passed away on 1 September 1729.
“Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.”
“Reading is to the mind what exercising is to the body.”
“That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart.”
“Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.”
“To be exempt from the Passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing Solitude.”
“A Woman is naturally more helpless than the other Sex; and a Man of Honour and Sense should have this in his View in all Manner of Commerce with her.”
“The married state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image of heaven and hell we are capable of receiving in this life.”
“I cannot think of any character below the flatterer, except he who envies him.”
“I look upon it as a Point of Morality, to be obliged by those who endeavour to oblige me.”
“It is to be noted that when any part of this paper appears dull there is a design in it.”
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