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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.
Samuel Richardson
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Samuel Richardson
Age: 73 †
Born: 1687
Born: August 19
Died: 1761
Died: July 4
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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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For the human mind is seldom at stay: If you do not grow better, you will most undoubtedly grow worse.
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People hardly ever do anything in anger, of which they do not repent.
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Tired of myself longing for what I have not
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