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Richard Steele
19 quotes
“It is to be noted that when any part of this paper appears dull there is a design in it,”
Richard Steele (1671–1729) first seen 1709 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Tatler, no. 38 (7 July 1709)
“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.”
Richard Steele (1671–1729) first seen 1709 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Tatler, no. 49 (2 August 1709), on Lady Elizabeth Hastings
“Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.”
Richard Steele (1671–1729) first seen 1710 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Tatler, no. 147 (18 March 1710)
“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 (1671–1729) first seen 1710 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The Tatler, no. 203 (27 July 1710)
“I am come to a tavern alone to eat a steak, after which I shall return to the office.”
Richard Steele (1671–1729) first seen 1707 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 28 October 1707
“I was going home two hours ago, but was met by Mr. Griffith, who has kept me ever since. I will come within a pint of wine.”
Richard Steele (1671–1729) first seen 1708 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Eleven at night, 5 January 1708
“A little in drink, but at all times yr faithful husband.”
Richard Steele (1671–1729) first seen 1708 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 27 September 1708
“The finest woman in nature should not detain me an hour from you; but you must sometimes suffer the rivalship of the wisest men.”
Richard Steele (1671–1729) first seen 1712 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: 17 September 1712
“When you fall into a man's conversation, the first thing you should consider is, whether he has a greater inclination to hear you, or that you should hear him.”
Richard Steele (1671–1729) first seen 1711 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: No. 49 (26 April 1711)
“The insupportable labour of doing nothing.”
Richard Steele (1671–1729) first seen 1711 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: No. 54 (2 May 1711)
“A woman seldom writes her mind but in her postscript.”
Richard Steele (1671–1729) first seen 1711 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: No. 79 (31 May 1711)
“We were in some little time fixed in our seats, and sat with that dislike which people not too good-natured usually conceive of each other at first sight.”
Richard Steele (1671–1729) first seen 1711 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: No. 132 (1 August 1711)
“Of all the affections which attend human life, the love of glory is the most ardent.”
Richard Steele (1671–1729) first seen 1711 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: No. 139 (9 August 1711)
“Age in a virtuous person, of either sex, carries in it an authority which makes it preferable to all the pleasures of youth.”
Richard Steele (1671–1729) first seen 1711 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: No. 153 (25 August 1711)
“Among all the diseases of the mind there is not one more epidemical or more pernicious than the love of flattery.”
Richard Steele (1671–1729) first seen 1711 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: No. 238 (3 December 1711)
“There are so few who can grow old with a good grace.”
Richard Steele (1671–1729) first seen 1712 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: No. 263 (1 January 1712)
“Will Honeycomb calls these over-offended ladies the outrageously virtuous.”
Richard Steele (1671–1729) first seen 1712 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: No. 266 (4 January 1712)
Also quoted by: Sir Richard Steele
“A favor well bestowed is almost as great an honor to him who confers it as to him who receives it.”
Richard Steele (1671–1729) first seen 1712 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: No. 497 (30 September 1712)
“No man was ever so completely skilled in the conduct of life, as not to receive new information from age and experience…”
Richard Steele (1671–1729) first seen 160 BC wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: No. 544 (24 November 1712) - Translation of Terence, Adelphoe [Adelphoi; Adelphi; The Brothers], Act 5, sc. 4, l. 855ff (160 BC)