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We are all very ready to believe what we like.

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Samuel Richardson
Age: 73 †
Born: 1687
Born: August 19
Died: 1761
Died: July 4
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Married people should not be quick to hear what is said by either when in ill humor.
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A Stander-by is often a better judge of the game than those that play.
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Twenty-four is a prudent age for women to marry at.
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Chastity, like piety, is a uniform grace.
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Distresses, however heavy at the time, appear light, and even joyous, to the reflecting mind, when worthily overcome.
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All women, from the countess to the cook-maid, are put into high good humor with themselves when a man is taken with them at firstsight. And be they ever so plain, they will find twenty good reasons to defend the judgment of such a man.
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Those who respect age, deserve to live to be old, and to be respected themselves.
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There are men who think themselves too wise to be religious.
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Air and manners are more expressive than words.
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The unhappy never want enemies.
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Women do not often fall in love with philosophers.
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The grace that makes every grace amiable is humility.
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Evil courses can yield pleasure no longer than while thought and reflection can be kept off.
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It is but shaping the bribe to the taste, and every one has his price.
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The wife of a self-admirer must expect a very cold and negligent husband.
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