Joyce Carol Oates Cat Quotes


Those we dislike can do nothing to please us. Samuel Richardson Uncategorized 96
To be a clergyman, and all that is compassionate and virtuous, ought to be the same thing. Samuel Richardson Uncategorized 82
Vast is the field of Science. The more a man knows, the more he will find he has to know. Samuel Richardson Uncategorized 81
We are all very ready to believe what we like. Samuel Richardson Uncategorized 70
Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one passed on others. Samuel Richardson Uncategorized 67
All human excellence is but comparative. There may be persons who excel us, as much as we fancy we excel the meanest. Samuel Richardson Uncategorized 67
It is much easier to find fault with others, than to be faultless ourselves. Samuel Richardson Uncategorized 61
Would Alexander, madman as he was, have been so much a madman, had it not been for Homer? Samuel Richardson Uncategorized 53
Those who have least to do are generally the most busy people in the world. Samuel Richardson Uncategorized 52
Great allowances ought to be made for the petulance of persons laboring under ill-health. Samuel Richardson Uncategorized 51
There is but one pride pardonable; that of being above doing a base or dishonorable action. Samuel Richardson Uncategorized 50
A good man, though he will value his own countrymen, yet will think as highly of the worthy men of every nation under the sun. Samuel Richardson Uncategorized 49
Every scholar, I presume, is not, necessarily, a man of sense. Samuel Richardson Uncategorized 49
Those who will bear much, shall have much to bear. Samuel Richardson Uncategorized 44
The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to its own level. Samuel Richardson Uncategorized 44
It is better to be thought perverse than insincere. Samuel Richardson Uncategorized 44
What likelihood is there of corrupting a man who has no ambition? Samuel Richardson Uncategorized 44
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 Uncategorized 42
A Stander-by is often a better judge of the game than those that play. Samuel Richardson Uncategorized 41
What we want to tell, we wish our friend to have curiosity to hear. Samuel Richardson Uncategorized 37
There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often is, between the same man, a lover and a husband. Samuel Richardson Uncategorized 34
A brother may not be a friend, but a friend will always be a brother. Samuel Richardson Uncategorized 33

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