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Samuel Richardson

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Those who will bear much, shall have much to bear.


— Samuel Richardson


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To be a clergyman, and all that is compassionate and virtuous, ought to be the same thing.


— Samuel Richardson


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To what a bad choice is many a worthy woman betrayed, by that false and inconsiderate notion, That a reformed rake makes the best husband!


— Samuel Richardson


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Where words are restrained, the eyes often talk a great deal.


— Samuel Richardson


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Vast is the field of Science. The more a man knows, the more he will find he has to know.


— Samuel Richardson


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What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition?


— Samuel Richardson


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What we want to tell, we wish our friend to have curiosity to hear.


— Samuel Richardson


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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.


— Samuel Richardson


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Women are always most observed when they seem themselves least to observe, or to lay out for observation.


— Samuel Richardson


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Women love to be called cruel, even when they are kindest.


— Samuel Richardson


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About Samuel Richardson

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Did you know about Samuel Richardson?

When the gentleman died a few years later Richardson lost a potential patron which delayed his ability to pursue his own writing career. Early career
The elder Richardson originally wanted his son to become a clergyman but he was not able to afford the education that the younger Richardson would require so he let his son pick his own profession. It was soon considered Richardson's "masterpiece" his greatest work and was rapidly translated into French in part or in full for instance by the abbé Antoine François Prévost as well as into German.

His name was on the Index Librorum Prohibitorum a list establiSamuel Richardsond by the pope containing the names of books that Catholics were not allowed to read. He knew leading figures in 18th century England including Samuel Johnson and Sarah Fielding. Although with his second wife he had four daughters who lived to become adults they had no male heir to continue running the printing business.

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