Sir Richard Steele ( 5 of 5 )
To behold her is an immediate check to loose behavior; to love her is a liberal education.
To behold her is an immediate check to loose behavior; to love her is a liberal education.
The survivorship of a worthy man in his son is a pleasure scarce
inferior to the hopes of the read more
The survivorship of a worthy man in his son is a pleasure scarce
inferior to the hopes of the continuance of his own life.
The man is mechanically turned, and made for getting. . . . It
was verily prettily said that we read more
The man is mechanically turned, and made for getting. . . . It
was verily prettily said that we may learn the little value of
fortune by the persons on whom Heaven is pleased to bestow it.
Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.
Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.
We are always doing, says he, something for Posterity, but I
would fain see Posterity do something for us.
We are always doing, says he, something for Posterity, but I
would fain see Posterity do something for us.
