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The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to its own level.
Samuel Richardson
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Samuel Richardson
Age: 73 †
Born: 1687
Born: August 19
Died: 1761
Died: July 4
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Youth is rather to be pitied than envied by people in years since it is doomed to toil through the rugged road of life which the others have passed through, in search of happiness that is not to be met with in it and that, at the highest, can be compounded for only by the blessing of a contented mind.
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She who is more ashamed of dishonesty than of poverty will not be easily overcome.
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The grace that makes every grace amiable is humility.
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We are all very ready to believe what we like.
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