Some children act as if they thought their parents had noth… - Samuel Richardson

" "
Some children act as if they thought their parents had nothing to do, but to see them established in the world and then quit it.

Samuel Richardson

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Samuel Richardson

Samuel Richardson (19 August 1689 – 4 July 1761) was an 18th-century English writer and printer. He was one of the most admired fiction-writers of his day, both in his native England and across Europe. He is now considered one of the fathers of the novel.

Biography information from Wikiquote

Also Known As

Alternative Names: S. Richardson

All quotes from Samuel Richardson Similar Quotes by other Originators

Originators like Samuel Richardson:

William Makepeace Thackeray Jane Austen Anne Brontë Anthony Trollope Honoré de Balzac

Additional quotes by Samuel Richardson

O! what a Godlike Power is that of doing Good! — I envy the Rich and the Great for nothing else!

do not easily dislike, Sir; but then I do not easily like. And I never will marry any man, to whom I cannot be more than indifferent.

...for my master, bad as I have thought him, is not half so bad as this woman. — To be sure she must be an atheist!

Some children act as if they thought their parents had nothing to do, but to see them established in the world and then quit it. - Samuel Richardson

About Samuel Richardson

Also Known As

Unlimited Quote Collections

Additional quotes by Samuel Richardson

Advanced Search Filters