Richard Steele
Author
1672 – 1729
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Who was Richard Steele?
Sir Richard Steele was an Irish writer and politician, remembered as co-founder, with his friend Joseph Addison, of the magazine The Spectator.
Famous Quotes:
- To behold her is an immediate check to loose behavior; to love her is a liberal education.
- The marriage state, with and without the affection suitable to it, is the completest image of Heaven and Hell we are capable of receiving in this life.
- It is to be noted that when any part of this paper appears dull there is a design in it.
- Praise from an enemy is the most pleasing of all commendations.
- The insupportable labor of doing nothing.
- That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart.
- Zeal for the public good is the characteristic of a man of honor and a gentleman, and must take the place of pleasures, profits and all other private gratification.
- I know of no manner of speaking so offensive as that of giving praise, and closing it with an exception.
- Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body. It is wholesome and bracing for the mind to have its faculties kept on the stretch.
- A healthy old fellow, who is not a fool, is the happiest creature living.
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- Born
- Mar 1, 1672
Dublin - Also known as
- Стил, Ричард
- Spouses
- Mary Steele
(1707/09/09 - )
- Mary Steele
- Education
- Merton College, Oxford
- Charterhouse School
- Lived in
- County Dublin
- Died
- Sep 1, 1729
Carmarthen
Submitted
on July 23, 2013