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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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It is but shaping the bribe to the taste, and every one has his price.
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The life of a good man was a continual warfare with his passions.
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By my soul, I can neither eat, drink, nor sleep nor, what's still worse, love any woman in the world but her.
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Friendly satire may be compared to a fine lancet, which gently breathes a vein for health's sake.
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Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from a wife.
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