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Evil courses can yield pleasure no longer than while thought and reflection can be kept off.
Samuel Richardson
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Samuel Richardson
Age: 73 †
Born: 1687
Born: August 19
Died: 1761
Died: July 4
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'Passion' a word which involves so many feelings. I feel it when we touch I feel it when we kiss I feel it when I look at you. For you are my passion my one true love.
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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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The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to its own level.
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