Samuel Richardson Quotes & Sayings (Page 6)

“The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.”

“The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to its own level.”

“There are men who think themselves too wise to be religious.”

“There is but one pride pardonable; that of being above doing a base or dishonorable action.”

“To be a clergyman, and all that is compassionate and virtuous, ought to be the same thing.”

“Vast is the field of Science. The more a man knows, the more he will find he has to know.”

“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.”

“If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many would be made useful members of society that otherwise would make no figure in it.”

“Those who have least to do are generally the most busy people in the world.”