Quotes by Samuel Richardson

About Samuel Richardson:

Samuel Richardson is best known for his three epistolary novels: Pamela: Or, Virtue Rewarded (1740), Clarissa: Or the History of a Young Lady (1748) and The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1753). Richardson was an established printer and publisher for most of his life and printed almost 500 different works, including journals and magazines.
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Women who have had no lovers, or having had one, two or three, have not found a husband, have perhaps rather had a miss than a loss, as men go.

Samuel Richardson

There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often is, between the same man, a lover and a husband.

Samuel Richardson

Let a man do what he will by a single woman, the world is encouragingly apt to think Marriage a sufficient amends.

Samuel Richardson

The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

Samuel Richardson

Women are always most observed when they seem themselves least to observe, or to lay out for observation.

Samuel Richardson

Author Bio

  • NameSamuel Richardson
  • DescriptionEnglish writer and printer
  • BornAugust 19, 1689
  • DiedJuly 4, 1761
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist