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Richard Steele Quotes

17th/18th-century Anglo-Irish writer, playwright, and politician

Sir Richard Steele (baptized 12 March 1672 – 1 September 1729) was an Irish writer and politician, famous for co-founding The Spectator magazine with his friend Joseph Addison.

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Similar: Anthony Trollope 52.5% William Makepeace Thackeray 52.3% Joseph Addison 52.3% Samuel Johnson 51.7% Jane Austen 51.6% Samuel Richardson 50.5% Honoré de Balzac 50.5% Benjamin Franklin 50.1% Jonathan Swift 50.0% Sydney Smith 49.6%
It was very prettily said, that we may learn the little value of fortune by the persons on whom heaven is pleased to bestow it.

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

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Though her mien carries much more invitation than command, to behold her is an immediate check to loose behaviour; to love her is a liberal education.

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It is to be noted that when any part of this paper appears dull there is a design in it,

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