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Vanity makes people ridiculous, pride odious, and ambition terrible.
Richard Steele
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Richard Steele
Age: 57 †
Born: 1672
Born: March 12
Died: 1729
Died: September 1
Journalist
Playwright
Politician
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Dublin city
Sir Richard Steele
Pride
Terrible
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People
Odious
Vanity
Ridiculous
Ambition
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I love to consider an Infidel, whether distinguished by the title of deist, atheist, or free-thinker.
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Though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behaviour to love her was a liberal education.
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Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take the place of pleasures, profits and all other private gratifications.
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A fool is in himself the object of pity, until he is flattered.
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Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools.
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I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an exception.
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