Those grave fellows are my aversion who sift everything with the utmost nicety, and find the malignity of a lie in a piece of humour, pushed a little beyond exact truth.
Richard Steele Quotes
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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| Birth: | 12th March, 1672 |
| Death: | 1st September, 1729 |
| Nationality: | Irish |
| Profession: | Politician, Writer |
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Sir Richard Steele was an Irish writer and politician, remembered as co-founder, with his friend Joseph Addison, of the magazine The Spectator.
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