Vast is the field of Science … the more a man knows, the more he will find he has to know.
Samuel Richardson Quotes
1689–1761 England
Samuel Richardson (19 August 1689 – 4 July 1761) was an 18th-century English writer and printer. He was one of the most admired fiction-writers of his day, both in his native England and across Europe.
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The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor.
Clarissa (1747)
My Master said, on another Occasion, that those who doubt most, always erred least.
Pamela (1740)
Those who have least to do are generally the most busy people in the world.
Sir Charles Grandison (1753)
Sir Charles Grandison (1753)
Sir Charles Grandison (1753)
Nothing can be more wounding to a spirit not ungenerous, than a generous forgiveness.
Clarissa (1747)
Love gratified, is love satisfied — and love satisfied, is indifference begun.
Clarissa (1747)
The person who will bear much shall have much to bear, all the world through.
Clarissa (1747)
The pen is almost as pretty an implement in a woman's fingers, as a needle.
The Correspondence of Samuel Richardson with Lady Bradshaigh (1804)
Clarissa (1747)
That dangerous but too commonly received notion, that a reformed rake makes the best husband.
Clarissa (1747)
Sir Charles Grandison (1753)
Sir Charles Grandison (1753)
O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! — I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else!
Pamela (1740)
Sir Charles Grandison (1753)
Sir Charles Grandison (1753)
Such a plot must have a woman in it.
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Samuel Richardson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.