Samuel Richardson
Samuel Richardson
Samuel Richardsonwas an 18th-century English writer and printer. He is best known for his three epistolary novels: Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded, Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Ladyand The History of Sir Charles Grandison. Richardson was an established printer and publisher for most of his life and printed almost 500 different works, including journals and magazines. He was also known to collaborate closely with the London bookseller Andrew Millar on several occasions...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth19 August 1689
It is but shaping the bribe to the taste, and every one has his price.
A man who flatters a woman hopes either to find her a fool or to make her one.
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.
The first vice of the first woman was curiosity, and it runs through the whole sex.
A man who insults the modesty of a woman, as good as tells her that he has seen something in her conduct that warranted his presumption.
A fop takes great pains to hang out a sign, by his dress, of what he has within.
Beauty is an accidental and transient good.
Honesty is good sense, politeness, amiableness,--all in one.
Over-niceness may be under-niceness.
Whom we fear more than love, we are not far from hating.
Women's eyes are wanderers, and too often bring home guests that are very troublesome to them, and whom, once introduced, they cannot get out of the house.
That cruelty which children are permitted to show to birds and other animals will most probably exert itself on their fellow creatures when at years of maturity.
Chastity, like piety, is a uniform grace.
Air and manners are more expressive than words.