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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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Equality is the life of conversation; and he is as much out who assumes to himself any part above another, as he who considers himself below the rest of the society.
We are always doing, says he, something for Posterity, but I would fain see Posterity do something for us.
It was very prettily said, that we may learn the little value of fortune by the persons on whom heaven is pleased to bestow it.
It is to be noted that when any part of this paper appears dull there is a design in it
I was going home two hours ago, but was met by Mr. Griffith, who has kept me ever since. I will come within a pint of wine.
Letters to His Wife (1707)
Yet though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behaviour; and to love her is a liberal education.
We were in some little time fixed in our seats, and sat with that dislike which people not too good-natured usually conceive of each other at first sight.
The Spectator (1711)
He beheld his own rougher make softened into sweetness, and tempered with smiles; he saw a creature who had, as it were, Heaven's second thought in her formation.
The Christian Hero (1701)
'Tis nothing when a fancied scene's in view
It is a secret known but to few, yet of no small use in the conduct of life, that when you fall into a man's conversation, the first thing you should consider is, whether he has a greater inclination to hear you, or that you should hear him.
The man is mechanically turned, and made for getting…. It was very prettily said that we may learn the little value of fortune by the persons on whom Heaven is pleased to bestow it
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