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I never knew a man who deserved to be thought well of for his morals who had a slight opinion of our Sex in general.

Samuel Richardson

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Samuel Richardson
Age: 73 †
Born: 1687
Born: August 19
Died: 1761
Died: July 4
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Reverence to a woman in courtship is less to be dispensed with, as, generally, there is but little of it shown afterwards.
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Be sure don't let people's telling you, you are pretty, puff you up for you did not make yourself, and so can have no praise due to you for it. It is virtue and goodness only, that make the true beauty.
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