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. - Richard Steele

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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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About Richard Steele

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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