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Richard Steele Quotes: A fool is in himself the object of pity, until he is flattered.
         

A fool is in himself the object of pity, until he is flattered.


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Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools.

Whenever you commend, add your reasons for doing so; it is this which distinguishes the approbation of a man of sense from the flattery of sycophants and admiration of fools.



Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.



Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.

Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip.




Among all the diseases of the mind there is not one more epidemical or more pernicious than the love of flattery.

Among all the diseases of the mind there is not one more epidemical or more pernicious than the love of flattery.



Vanity makes people ridiculous, pride odious, and ambition terrible.

Vanity makes people ridiculous, pride odious, and ambition terrible.



There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy

There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy



A lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.

A lie is troublesome, and sets a man's invention upon the rack, and one trick needs a great many more to make it good.



Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take the place of pleasures, profits and all other private gratifications.

Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take the place of pleasures, profits and all other private gratifications.



I look upon it as a Point of Morality, to be obliged by those who endeavour to oblige me

I look upon it as a Point of Morality, to be obliged by those who endeavour to oblige me





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Intuition is unconscious accumulated experience informing judgement in real time.

Intuition is unconscious accumulated experience informing judgement in real time.




Have more than thou showest Speak less than thou knowest.

Have more than thou showest Speak less than thou knowest.



I don't know if I'm very complicated at all. I wish I was. I wish I was one of these deep, intricate people. But I just love having fun really.

I don't know if I'm very complicated at all. I wish I was. I wish I was one of these deep, intricate people. But I just love having fun really.



I never posed as a saint. I would have slept with a man for nothing if I liked him well enough.

I never posed as a saint. I would have slept with a man for nothing if I liked him well enough.



If I have any advantage, maybe, as a writer, it is that I don't think I'm very interesting. I mean, beginning a novel with the last sentence is a pretty plodding way to spend your life.

If I have any advantage, maybe, as a writer, it is that I don't think I'm very interesting. I mean, beginning a novel with the last sentence is a pretty plodding way to spend your life.



It's life's illusions that I recall, I really don't know life at all

It's life's illusions that I recall, I really don't know life at all



He was pushing fifty, with a face life had chewed on, and long wisps of graying hair parted low on one side and combed over his balding pate.

He was pushing fifty, with a face life had chewed on, and long wisps of graying hair parted low on one side and combed over his balding pate.



The more you are afflicted, the more you ought to rejoice, because in the fire of tribulation the soul will become pure gold, worthy to be placed and to shine in the heavenly palace.

The more you are afflicted, the more you ought to rejoice, because in the fire of tribulation the soul will become pure gold, worthy to be placed and to shine in the heavenly palace.




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