Samuel Richardson Quotes about Wife

Men generally are afraid of a wife who has more understanding than themselves.

Men generally are afraid of a wife who has more understanding than themselves.

Samuel Richardson

Men, Wife, Understanding

The coyest maids make the fondest wives.

Samuel Richardson

Men, Wife, Maids

Samuel Richardson (1748). “Clarissa”, p.258, Рипол Классик

The wife of a self-admirer must expect a very cold and negligent husband.

Samuel Richardson

Husband, Self, Wife

Samuel Richardson (1755). “A collection of the moral and instructive sentiments, maxims, cautions, and reflexions, contained in the histories of Pamela, Clarissa, and Sir Charles Grandison: Digested under proper heads, with references to the volume, ...”, p.5

Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from a wife.

Samuel Richardson

Men, Wife, Mistress

Samuel Richardson (1751). “Clarissa; Or, The History of a Young Lady: Comprehending the Most Important Concerns of Private Life”, p.414

If women would make themselves appear as elegant to an Husband, as they were desirous to appear to him while a Lover, the Rake, which all women love, would last longer in the Husband than it generally does.

Samuel Richardson

Marriage, Husband, Wife

Samuel Richardson (1755). “A collection of the moral and instructive sentiments, maxims, cautions, and reflexions, contained in the histories of Pamela, Clarissa, and Sir Charles Grandison: Digested under proper heads, with references to the volume, ...”, p.115

Samuel Richardson Quotes about Wife

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