Richard Steele Quotes
Nothing is more silly than the pleasure some people take in "speaking their minds." A man of this make will say a rude thing for the mere pleasure of saying it, when an opposite behavior, full as innocent, might have preserved his friend, or made his fortune.
Citations
Steele, Richard. "No. 386." The Spectator, vol. 5, J. and R. Tonson, 1747, p. 302.
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Sir Richard Steele was an Irish writer, playwright, and politician, remembered as co-founder, with his friend Joseph Addison, of the magazine The Spectator.