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All angry persons are to be treated, by the prudent, as children.

Samuel Richardson

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Samuel Richardson
Age: 73 †
Born: 1687
Born: August 19
Died: 1761
Died: July 4
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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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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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The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to its own level.
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