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Quotes from Clarissa — Samuel Richardson

1689–1761 England

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The pleasures of the mighty are obtained by the tears of the poor.

Clarissa (1747)

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)

I am forced, as I have often said, to try to make myself laugh, that I may not cry: for one or other I must do.

Clarissa (1747)

That dangerous but too commonly received notion, that a reformed rake makes the best husband.

Clarissa (1747)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Samuel Richardson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.