20 ordspråk av Sir Richard Steele
Sir Richard Steele
 A healthy old fellow, who is not a fool, is the happiest creature living. |
| A woman seldom writes her mind but in her postscript. |
| Age in a virtuous person, of either sex, carries in it an authority which makes it preferable to all the pleasures of youth |
| Fire and swords are slow engines of destruction, compared to the tongue of a Gossip. |
| I cannot think of any character below the flatterer, except he who envies him. |
| I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an exception |
| It is to be noted that when any part of this paper appears dull there is a design in it. |
| No woman can be handsome by the force of features alone, any more than she can be witty only by the help of speech |
| Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable. |
| Praise from an enemy is the most pleasing of all commendations. |
| Reading is to the mind what exercising is to the body. |
| That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart |
| The conquest of passion gives ten times more happiness than we can reap from the gratification of it |
| The fool within himself is the object of pity, until he is flattered. |
| The insupportable labor of doing nothing. |
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