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An acquaintance with the muses, in the education of youth, contributes not a little to soften manners. It gives a delicate turn to the imagination and a polish to the mind.
Samuel Richardson
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Samuel Richardson
Age: 73 †
Born: 1687
Born: August 19
Died: 1761
Died: July 4
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It is but shaping the bribe to the taste, and every one has his price.
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She who is more ashamed of dishonesty than of poverty will not be easily overcome.
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The wisest among us is a fool in some things.
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The eye is the casement at which the heart generally looks out. Many a woman who will not show herself at the door, has tipt the sly, the intelligible wink from the window.
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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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