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
Every scholar, I presume, is not, necessarily, a man of sense.
Those we dislike can do nothing to please us.
Love is not a volunteer thing.
Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our fellow-creatures.
O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else!
Marry first, and love will come after is a shocking assertion; since a thousand things may happen to make the state but barely tolerable, when it is entered into with mutual affection.
The English, the plain English, of the politest address of a gentleman to a lady is, I am now, dear Madam, your humble servant: Pray be so good as to let me be your Lord and Master.
I know not my own heart if it be not absolutely free.
Tired of myself longing for what I have not
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.
Spiritual pride is the most dangerous and the most arrogant of all sorts of pride.
Those who respect age, deserve to live to be old, and to be respected themselves.
What we want to tell, we wish our friend to have curiosity to hear.
Whenever we approve, we can find a hundred good reasons to justify our approbation. Whenever we dislike, we can find a thousand to justify our dislike.