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Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.

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Samuel Richardson
Age: 73 †
Born: 1687
Born: August 19
Died: 1761
Died: July 4
Novelist
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S. Richardson
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Restrained
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Deals
Eyes
Talk
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The English, the plain English, of the politest address of a gentleman to a lady is, I am now, dear Madam, your humble servant: Pray be so good as to let me be your Lord and Master.
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Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one passed on others.
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Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our fellow-creatures.
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She who is more ashamed of dishonesty than of poverty will not be easily overcome.
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Virtue only is the true beauty.
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I have my choice: who can wish for more? Free will enables us to do everything well while imposition makes a light burden heavy.
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There would be no supporting life were we to feel quite as poignantly for others as we do for ourselves.
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The uselessness and expensiveness of modern women multiply bachelors.
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Hope is the cordial that keeps life from stagnating.
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For the human mind is seldom at stay: If you do not grow better, you will most undoubtedly grow worse.
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Necessity may well be called the mother of invention but calamity is the test of integrity.
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Reverence to a woman in courtship is less to be dispensed with, as, generally, there is but little of it shown afterwards.
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A good man will honor him who lives up to his religious profession, whatever it be.
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From sixteen to twenty, all women, kept in humor by their hopes and by their attractions, appear to be good-natured.
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Men know no medium: They will either, spaniel-like, fawn at your feet, or be ready to leap into your lap.
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