A favor well bestowed is almost as great an honor to him who confers it as to him who receives it.
Richard Steele Quotes
1672–1729 Ireland
Sir Richard Steele (baptized 12 March 1672 – 1 September 1729) was an Irish writer and politician, famous for co-founding The Spectator magazine with his friend Joseph Addison.
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Also known as: Steele, Richard
31 quotes
A woman seldom writes her mind but in her postscript.
The Spectator (1711)
There are so few who can grow old with a good grace.
The Spectator (1711)
Of all the affections which attend human life, the love of glory is the most ardent.
The Spectator (1711)
Will Honeycomb calls these over-offended ladies the outrageously virtuous.
The Spectator (1711)
Letters to His Wife (1707)
The Spectator (1711)
The Spectator (1711)
The Spectator (1711)
A little in drink, but at all times yr faithful husband.
Letters to His Wife (1707)
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
The Spectator (1711)
We should employ our passions in the service of life, not spend life in the service of our passions.
A man cannot have an idea of perfection in another, which he was never sensible of in himself.
I am come to a tavern alone to eat a steak, after which I shall return to the office.
Letters to His Wife (1707)
The insupportable labour of doing nothing.
The Spectator (1711)
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Richard Steele (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.