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“When a man is not disposed to hear music, there is not a more disagreeable sound in harmony than that of the violin.”

Quote by Richard Steele

Book:The Tatler

Work

The Tatler is a seminal 18th-century periodical that features a blend of literary and social commentary. It is renowned for its contributions to the development of the English essay and its influence on the genre of periodical literature. more

Author

Richard Steele was an influential British writer of the 18th century, known for his contributions to drama, literature, and public life. He passed away on September 1, 1729. Steele is celebrated for his role in founding 'The Spectator', a significant platform for literary and public discourse of his time. more

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“Violins are the lively, forward, importunate wits, that distinguish themselves by the flourishes of imagination, sharpness of repartee, glances of satire, and bear away the upper part in every consort.”

Imagination Bears Musical Wit Satire Glances Violin Lively Musical Instruments Sharpness Importunate Repartee

Book:The Tatler: With Notes and a General Index ; Complete in One Volume

Source: The Tatler: With Notes and a General Index ; Complete in One Volume

“Age in a virtuous person, of either sex, carries in it an authority which makes it preferable to all the pleasures of youth.”

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Book:The spectator

Source: The spectator

“Pride destroys all symmetry and grace, and affectation is a more terrible enemy to fine faces than the small-pox.”

Faces Enemy Grace Pride Fine Terrible Symmetry Pox

Book:The Spectator: With a Biographical and Critical Preface, and Explanatory Notes ...

Source: The Spectator: With a Biographical and Critical Preface, and Explanatory Notes ...

“Pleasure seizes the whole man who addicts himself to it, and will not give him leisure for any good office in life which contradicts the gayety of the present hour.”

Men Giving Whole Hours Pleasure Office Leisure Addict Good Office

Book:The Spectator: with notes and illustrations. In six volumes

Source: The Spectator: with notes and illustrations. In six volumes

“You have to protect it too, you can't let just any stupid person take it and do something demoralizing with it. At the same time, I don't believe in being so rigid about controlling what happens either.”

Believe Persons Happens Stupid Protect Don't Believe Demoralizing Stupid Person

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“Since our persons are not of our own making, when they are such as appear defective or uncomely, it is, methinks, an honest and laudable fortitude to dare to be ugly.”

Persons Honest Dare Ugly Ugliness Fortitude Defective

Book:The spectator

Source: The spectator

“Such is the weakness of our nature, that when men are a little exalted in their condition they immediately conceive they have additional senses, and their capacities enlarged not only above other men, but above human comprehension itself.”

Men Humans Littles Conditions Weakness Capacity Senses Vanity Comprehension Exalted

Book:The Spectator, with Illustrative Notes: To which are Prefixed, the Lives of Authors : Comprehending, Addison, Steele, Parnell, Hughes, Buegel, Eusden, Tickell, and Pope : with Critical Remarks about Their Writings

Source: The Spectator, with Illustrative Notes: To which are Prefixed, the Lives of Authors : Comprehending, Addison, Steele, Parnell, Hughes, Buegel, Eusden, Tickell, and Pope : with Critical Remarks about Their Writings

“There is hardly that person to be found who is not more concerned for the reputation of wit and sense, than honesty and virtue.”

Persons Found Virtue Honesty Concerned Wit Reputation

Book:The spectator

Source: The spectator

“The insupportable labor of doing nothing.”

Labor Laziness Doing Nothing

Author:Richard Steele

“Praise from an enemy is the most pleasing of all commendations.”

Enemy Praise Commendation

Book:The Tatler Or Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq

Source: The Tatler Or Lucubrations of Isaac Bickerstaff, Esq